Managing Employees’ Use of Mobile Technologies to Minimize Work-Life Balance Impacts

Authors

Suprateek Sarker, Washington State University
Saonee Sarker, Washington State University
Xiao Xiao, Washington State University
Manju Ahuja, University of Louisville

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2012

Department

Computer Information Systems

Abstract

Organizations recognize that employees’ use of mobile technologies improves productivity. Yet there is concern that mobile usage can impact employees’ work-life balance (WLB). In this article, we report on the undesirable impacts on WLB and offer a framework and a set of strategies for managing WLB. We propose that there is a continuum of WLB perceptions, with some seeing work and personal life as separate domains, others viewing work as overlapping with personal life and yet others perceiving the two domains as integrated

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Original Publication Information

Sarkar, Suprateek, Saonee Sarker, Xiao Xiao, and Manju Ahuja. "Managing Employees’ Use of Mobile Technologies to Minimize Work-Life Balance Impacts." 2012. MIS Quarterly Executive 11(4): 143-157.

ThinkIR Citation

Sarker, Suprateek; Sarker, Saonee; Xiao, Xiao; and Ahuja, Manju, "Managing Employees’ Use of Mobile Technologies to Minimize Work-Life Balance Impacts" (2012). Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 359.
https://ir.library.louisville.edu/faculty/359