Over the past few decades, the widespread use of mobile work devices (MWDs: e.g., laptops and smartphones) has enabled constant connectivity to work. This study advances previous work on the effects of constant connectivity for employees by focusing on how and for whom constant connectivity might be related to employee well-being. Additionally, organizational-level antecedents of constant connectivity are investigated. This paper reports on two survey studies that a) operationalize constant connectivity and its organizational antecedents and b) investigate the relationship between constant connectivity and employee well-being. The findings demonstrate that constant connectivity is negatively related to employees' well-being due to the inability to disengage from work. Moreover, this negative association exists independently of employees' boundary preferences. The findings further suggest that perceived alignment between perceived functional, physical, and symbolic connectivity aspects of MWDs and occupational identity, susceptibility to social pressure, and the visibility of co-workers' communication practices all contribute to constant connectivity in the workplace.

在过去的几十年中，移动工作设备（MWD：例如笔记本电脑和智能手机）的广泛使用已使持续的连接性得以发挥。这项研究着眼于如何以及为谁服务，从而推动了以前的工作对持续联系对员工的影响的研究。持续的联系可能与员工的幸福感有关。此外，还研究了持续连接的组织级前提。本文对两项调查研究进行了报告，这些研究包括：a）保持持续的联系及其组织前提； b）研究持续的联系与员工福祉之间的关系。研究结果表明，由于无法脱离工作关系，持续的连通性与员工的福祉负相关。而且，这种消极关联独立于员工的边界偏好而存在。研究结果进一步表明，MWD的功能，物理和符号连接方面与职业认同，对社会压力的敏感性以及同事的可见度之间的感知一致性。