Widespread use of social media across work and non-work boundaries has heightened concerns about employee engagement in the contemporary workforce. This study examines how employees’ boundary management preferences influence their work communication on social media, and how these factors impact their engagement. Results from three waves of survey data (N = 361) demonstrate that work communication mediates the relationship between employee boundary preferences and engagement, supporting the hypothesized causal structure over alternative models. Overall, the findings contribute a novel perspective on employee engagement by showing that mediated work communication plays a central role in constructing engagement, rather than merely demonstrating it. We discuss how organizations can leverage this knowledge to address critical concerns about workplace (dis)engagement in the digital age.

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谈论参与成真：将边界管理偏好，社交媒体上的工作沟通和员工敬业度联系起来的三波小组研究

社交媒体在工作和非工作范围内的广泛使用引起了人们对员工参与当代劳动力的担忧。这项研究研究了员工的边界管理偏好如何影响他们在社交媒体上的工作沟通，以及这些因素如何影响他们的敬业度。来自三波调查数据（N = 361）的结果表明，工作沟通介导了员工边界偏好与敬业度之间的关系，支持了替代模型上的假设因果结构。总体而言，这些发现通过表明调解的工作沟通在构建敬业度方面发挥着核心作用，而不只是证明了这一点，从而为员工敬业度提供了新颖的视角。