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http://dx.doi.org/10.21219/jitam.2019.26.1.077

The Effect of Smart Working and Psychological Attachment from Work on Right to Disconnect : Focused on Moderating Effect of Open Communication and Gender  

Park, Jung-Ryeol (MIS Department in Chungbuk National University)
Kwon, Sun-Dong (MIS Department in Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management / v.26, no.1, 2019 , pp. 77-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, office workers are increasingly aware of the right to disconnect because of the pressure from strong connections with Internet messengers. In this study, we examined the reason why the perception of the right to disconnect increases and how to deal with it. This research model is that smart working and psychological attachment from work affect right to disconnect, and that open communication and gender moderate the intensity of these effects. To verify this research model, survey questionnaires were distributed to workers in smart working environments, and 400 data were collected and analyzed using Smart-PLS. As results of data analysis, it was verified that smart working and psychological attachment from work had a significant influence on right to disconnect, that open communication group had a lesser effect of psychological attachment from work on right to disconnect than closed communication group, and that women had a lesser effect of psychological attachment from work on right to disconnect than men. Organizations need to maintain a desirable level of right to disconnect in order to improve the quality of working life. But, if it is impossible, They need to change the way of communication more openly so as to absorb the burden of strong connection by Internet. And they need to perform task assignment or stress relief policy reflecting gender characteristics.
Keywords
Right to Disconnect; Smart Working; Psychological Attachment from Work; Open Communication; Gender;
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