To connect or disconnect - that is the question: ICT self-discipline in the 21st century workplace
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the workplace are increasingly connecting employees to people and sources of information. As a result, this ICT connectivity has had both a positive and a negative impact on employee productivity. Existing literature suggests that further investig...
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| Summary: | Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the workplace are increasingly connecting employees to people and sources of information. As a result, this ICT connectivity has had both a positive and a negative impact on employee productivity. Existing literature suggests that further investigation on 'self-control' in the context of employee productivity is necessary. To address this we introduce the idea of ICT self-discipline - an individual's ability to control their behaviours towards use of ICTs. We investigated ICT self-discipline through interviews and focus groups. That research led to the development of an empirically grounded instrument for measuring employee ICT self-discipline. Preliminary statistical results are promising and are returning reliable scores. This paper reports on part of a larger project that investigates the influence ICT self-discipline has on the moderating effect of ICT connectivity on employee productivity. Findings from this research contribute to both IS research and informs practice. |
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| Item Description: | Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 8th - 10th December, Auckland, New Zealand 978-1-927184-26-4 |