A Person-Environment Fit Model to Explain Information and Communication Technologies-Enabled After-Hours Work-Related Interruptions in China

Shanshan Zhang, Fengchun Huang, Yuting Zhang () and Qiwen Li
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Shanshan Zhang: School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Fengchun Huang: School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Yuting Zhang: School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Qiwen Li: School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: Given the ubiquitous nature of mobile devices and information and communication technologies (ICT), after-hours work-related interruptions (AHWI) occur anywhere and anytime in China. In the current study, an alternative person–environment (P-E) fit model of ICT-enabled AHWI, hereafter referred to as IAWI, that treats polychronic variables as moderated solutions are presented. A cross-sectional survey among 277 Chinese employees (average age: 32.04 years) was conducted in September 2022 and tested by PLS-structural equation modeling to validate our hypotheses. The results indicated that IAWI had a positive influence on employees’ innovative job performance and in-role job performance (β = 0.139, p < 0.05; β = 0.200, p < 0.01; β = 0.298, p < 0.001). Moreover, among employees with higher levels of polychronicity, the heightened effects of IAWI on innovative job performance were increased (β = 0.112, p < 0.05). This study offers implications for employees: under IAWI situations, they could search for a person–environment (P-E) that is fit to buffer the negative aspects of IAWI, consequently increasing their innovative job performance and in-role job performance. Future research could extend beyond this framework to explore employees’ IAWI and job performance balance.

Keywords: person-environment fit; ICT-enabled; after-hours work-related interruptions in China; polychronicity; innovative job performance; in-role job performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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