Work-related use of information and communication technologies after-hours (W_ICTs) and employee innovation behavior: a dual-path model
Information Technology & People
ISSN: 0959-3845
Article publication date: 19 September 2022
Issue publication date: 8 September 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The current study aims to identify work-related use of information and communication technologies after-hours (W_ICTs) from passive and active perspectives and examine mechanisms and different effects of information and communication technologies on employee innovation behavior.
Design/methodology/approach
Experience sampling method (ESM) was employed to capture dynamic within-person variance in daily-behaviors and daily-mood. In total, 92 employees completed an identical online survey each day for ten workdays.
Findings
The findings showed that the influence patterns and mechanisms of passive and active W_ICTs were utterly different. Passive W_ICTs was negatively associated with employee innovation behavior via emotional exhaustion, while active W_ICTs was positively associated with employee innovation behavior through perceived insider status. Furthermore, differential leadership significantly narrowed the positive relationship between passive W_ICTs and emotional exhaustion. However, differential leadership did not significantly moderate the relationship between active W_ICTs and perceived insider status.
Originality/value
This study is an important step forward in dividing W_ICTs into passive and active W_ICTs and discovers a dual path of two types of W_ICTs on employee innovation behavior. Findings of this study have heuristic value for future research.
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Acknowledgements
Weiwei Huo and Julan Xie contributed equally to this work.
Funding: The present research was supported by the Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (Grant No. 2019BGL001), the Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 72072110, 72072128, 72172160), Youth Foundation of Social Science and Humanity, China Ministry of Education (Grant No. 21YJC630067), and Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of Universities, Anhui Province (Grant No. SK2020ZD18).
Citation
Huo, W., Xu, X., Li, X., Xie, J. and Sun, L. (2023), "Work-related use of information and communication technologies after-hours (W_ICTs) and employee innovation behavior: a dual-path model", Information Technology & People, Vol. 36 No. 6, pp. 2259-2279. https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-06-2021-0500
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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