Might insecurity and use of ICT enhance internet addiction and exhaust people? A study in two European countries during emergency remote working

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Highlights:

• Remote working during pandemic in weak labour markets can increase job insecurity.

• Always-on cultures foster both job and off-work demands via pervasive technology.

• Insecurity predicts Internet addiction as a coping strategy which impairs recovery.

• Internet addiction mediates the relationship between job demands and exhaustion.

• Managerial practices should support and inform workers on their job situation.

摘要

•Remote working during pandemic in weak labour markets can increase job insecurity.•Always-on cultures foster both job and off-work demands via pervasive technology.•Insecurity predicts Internet addiction as a coping strategy which impairs recovery.•Internet addiction mediates the relationship between job demands and exhaustion.•Managerial practices should support and inform workers on their job situation.

论文关键词:Job insecurity,Use of ICT,Internet addiction,Emotional exhaustion,Cross-cultural study

论文评审过程:Received 16 April 2021, Revised 29 July 2021, Accepted 3 September 2021, Available online 6 September 2021, Version of Record 11 September 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107010