TY - JOUR
T1 - Multitasking and Work-Life Balance
T2 - Explicating Multitasking When Working from Home
AU - Xu, Shan
AU - Kee, Kerk
AU - Mao, Chang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Broadcast Education Association.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The present study explicates four types of multitasking when working from home according to their medium and social interactivity, and further explores the antecedent and consequences of different types of multitasking. A total of 429 U.S. employees who worked from home participated in an online survey in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicated that a balance between work and life identities was positively associated with technology-mediated and in-person high-interactive multitasking during work time, but not with low-interactive multitasking. In-person high-interactive multitasking, in turn, was related to greater interference with work but a higher level of life satisfaction. In addition, men and women experienced different levels of work-life identity balance and adopted different types of multitasking to achieve such a balance.
AB - The present study explicates four types of multitasking when working from home according to their medium and social interactivity, and further explores the antecedent and consequences of different types of multitasking. A total of 429 U.S. employees who worked from home participated in an online survey in August 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results indicated that a balance between work and life identities was positively associated with technology-mediated and in-person high-interactive multitasking during work time, but not with low-interactive multitasking. In-person high-interactive multitasking, in turn, was related to greater interference with work but a higher level of life satisfaction. In addition, men and women experienced different levels of work-life identity balance and adopted different types of multitasking to achieve such a balance.
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U2 - 10.1080/08838151.2021.1976779
DO - 10.1080/08838151.2021.1976779
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118530212
SN - 0883-8151
VL - 65
SP - 397
EP - 425
JO - Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
JF - Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
IS - 3
ER -