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- Title
I'm trying to get my mind offline: ICT demands, online vigilance, disconnection, and subjective well-being among Chinese media employees.
- Authors
Li, Qingrui; Guo, Yu; Ye, Jizhou; Qiu, Yuewei; Zheng, Yu
- Abstract
Information and communication technologies (ICT) allow employees to access work online 24/7. It may undermine employees' well-being. By introducing concepts of online vigilance, the constant alert to online content, into job demands-resources (JD-R) theory, this study aims to investigate how ICT demands influence employees' well-being by affecting their cognitions. Besides, the disconnection strategy's role as a personal resource in alleviating the effect of perceived stress on subjective well-being is taken into consideration. Based on a survey among employees in media industries, the mediated negative effect of ICT demands on employees' subjective well-being through online vigilance and stress, as well as the moderating role of disconnection were revealed. Findings suggest that ICT demands may make employees more alerted to online work-related content, thus putting more stress on them, and harming their subjective well-being. However, the disconnection strategy can be applied as a personal resource to cope with the adverse consequence. This study sheds new light on the role ICT plays in the formation of job demands and resources.
- Subjects
SUBJECTIVE well-being (Psychology); JOB descriptions; SUBJECTIVE stress; EMPLOYEE well-being; INFORMATION &; communication technologies
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 15, p13374
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-023-05390-7