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Staying connected and feeling less exhausted : The autonomy benefits of after‐hour connectivity (2023)

van Zoonen, W., Treem, J. W., & Sivunen, A. E. (2023). Staying connected and feeling less exhausted : The autonomy benefits of after‐hour connectivity. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 96(2), 242-263. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12422

JYU-tekijät tai -toimittajat

van Zoonen, Ward
Sivunen, Anu

Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: van Zoonen, Ward; Treem, Jeffrey W.; Sivunen, Anu E.

Lehti tai sarja: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology

ISSN: 0963-1798

eISSN: 2044-8325

Julkaisuvuosi: 2023

Ilmestymispäivä: 03.01.2023

Volyymi: 96

Lehden numero: 2

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 242-263

Kustantaja: John Wiley & Sons

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12422

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/84778

Tiivistelmä

This study investigates the longitudinal relationship between after-hour connectivity, autonomy and exhaustion. In doing so, we seek to illuminate the role of individuals' connectivity to work in relation to their autonomy and well-being. We juxtapose different effective directions of the relationship between connectivity and autonomy to shed light on whether and how connectivity and autonomy are related to employees' well-being. This is important because research has both often problematized after-hour connectivity and suggested that connectivity is an inherent feature of contemporary workplaces that may benefit employees. In this study, we hypothesize that after-hour connectivity increases autonomy and that the autonomy to work anywhere and anytime leads to working everywhere all the time, thus increasing after-hour connectivity. We further shed light on whether this behaviour has negative consequences for employees' well-being or not. The three-wave survey study (N = 192) demonstrates that after-hour connectivity may operate as a resource that potentially empowers employees (increases autonomy). The freedom to work anytime, anywhere, does not itself increase after-hour connectivity. Notably, we demonstrate that connectivity is negatively related to emotional exhaustion, through increased autonomy.

YSO-asiasanat: uupumus; resurssit; autonomia; itsemäärääminen; työhyvinvointi; hyvinvointi; työaika; työelämä