{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2763677565","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","title":"What happened to the border? The role of mobile information technology devices on employees\u2019 work-life balance","display_name":"What happened to the border? The role of mobile information technology devices on employees\u2019 work-life balance","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-10-12","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2763677565","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","mag":"2763677565"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S139232146","display_name":"Personnel Review","issn_l":"0048-3486","issn":["0048-3486","1758-6933"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-3","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Personnel Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5045524309","display_name":"Toyin Ajibade Adisa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-6606","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5317-6606"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I59433898","display_name":"Brunel University of London","ror":"https://ror.org/00dn4t376","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I124357947","https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Toyin Ajibade Adisa","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Business, Arts","Social Sciences, Brunel University, London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Business, Arts","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Social Sciences, Brunel University, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I59433898"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5020171822","display_name":"Gbolahan Gbadamosi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1656-5191","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1656-5191"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I9300472","display_name":"Bournemouth University","ror":"https://ror.org/05wwcw481","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9300472"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gbolahan Gbadamosi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Leadership, Strategy and Organisation, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Leadership, Strategy and Organisation, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I9300472"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044827359","display_name":"Ellis L.C. Osabutey","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4788-5224","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4788-5224"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60488453","display_name":"Middlesex University London","ror":"https://ror.org/01rv4p989","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60488453"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ellis L.C. Osabutey","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of International Management and Innovation, Business School, Middlesex University, London, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of International Management and Innovation, Business School, Middlesex University, London, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60488453"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":11.1754,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":107,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97934954,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"46","issue":"8","first_page":"1651","last_page":"1671"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10722","display_name":"Work-Family Balance Challenges","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10722","display_name":"Work-Family Balance Challenges","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13585","display_name":"Technostress in Professional Settings","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3207","display_name":"Social Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13927","display_name":"Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3317","display_name":"Demography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-life-balance","display_name":"work-life balance","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/border-theory","display_name":"border theory","score":0.8410000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-life-conflict","display_name":"work-life conflict","score":0.7440000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-flexibility","display_name":"work flexibility","score":0.7910000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/working-hours","display_name":"working hours","score":0.7039999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/family-relationships","display_name":"family relationships","score":0.9160000085830688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-well-being","display_name":"employee well-being","score":0.9440000057220459},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/work-life-balance-policies","display_name":"work-life balance policies","score":0.6669999957084656}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778215748","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8034525","display_name":"Work\u2013life balance","level":3,"score":0.8495355248451233},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.7416390776634216},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776950860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2914681","display_name":"Originality","level":3,"score":0.6811145544052124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.6358888745307922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168031717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1530280","display_name":"Balance (ability)","level":2,"score":0.578167200088501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204983608","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2111958","display_name":"Productivity","level":2,"score":0.5496375560760498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.44464367628097534},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.4217081069946289},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121017731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11661","display_name":"Information technology","level":2,"score":0.418876588344574},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.35938897728919983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182306322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1779371","display_name":"Order (exchange)","level":2,"score":0.3418174088001251},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.33316880464553833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.33263805508613586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.29396867752075195},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.23674467206001282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.14748704433441162},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.1446456015110016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1414131224155426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.11910104751586914},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11012388","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170658","display_name":"Creativity","level":2,"score":0.11805284023284912},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50522688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189833","display_name":"Economic growth","level":1,"score":0.09088823199272156},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169760540","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207011","display_name":"Neuroscience","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/pr-08-2016-0222","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S139232146","display_name":"Personnel Review","issn_l":"0048-3486","issn":["0048-3486","1758-6933"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-3","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Personnel Review","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk:29264","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/29264/6/What%20Happened%20to%20the%20Border__Author%27s%20Post-Print%20Version.pdf","pdf_url":"http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/29264/6/What%20Happened%20to%20the%20Border__Author%27s%20Post-Print%20Version.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400187","display_name":"Bournemouth University Research Online (Bournemouth University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I9300472","host_organization_name":"Bournemouth University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I9300472"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:eprints.mdx.ac.uk:22683","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22683/6/MITD-Accepted%20Version.pdf","pdf_url":"https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22683/6/MITD-Accepted%20Version.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400025","display_name":"Middlesex University Research Repository (Middlesex University Of London)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I60488453","host_organization_name":"Middlesex University London","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60488453"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"acceptedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Decent work and economic growth","score":0.7825999855995178,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/8"},{"display_name":"Good health and well-being","score":0.4000000059604645,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":88,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W111484939","https://openalex.org/W153525921","https://openalex.org/W194281081","https://openalex.org/W280387419","https://openalex.org/W1508919710","https://openalex.org/W1602415067","https://openalex.org/W1658908529","https://openalex.org/W1792322630","https://openalex.org/W1965689737","https://openalex.org/W1967428408","https://openalex.org/W1971626711","https://openalex.org/W1975346963","https://openalex.org/W1979652774","https://openalex.org/W1981382808","https://openalex.org/W1982015074","https://openalex.org/W1982222182","https://openalex.org/W1994476512","https://openalex.org/W1995392334","https://openalex.org/W1996510743","https://openalex.org/W1999102941","https://openalex.org/W2000955602","https://openalex.org/W2002845457","https://openalex.org/W2006145754","https://openalex.org/W2010944410","https://openalex.org/W2011924136","https://openalex.org/W2012393359","https://openalex.org/W2014791710","https://openalex.org/W2020416989","https://openalex.org/W2022428074","https://openalex.org/W2023802205","https://openalex.org/W2032036709","https://openalex.org/W2043514371","https://openalex.org/W2044772733","https://openalex.org/W2051373600","https://openalex.org/W2055851468","https://openalex.org/W2066000480","https://openalex.org/W2068995714","https://openalex.org/W2070225941","https://openalex.org/W2072491012","https://openalex.org/W2074932914","https://openalex.org/W2079202922","https://openalex.org/W2082813705","https://openalex.org/W2087700863","https://openalex.org/W2088715771","https://openalex.org/W2090038054","https://openalex.org/W2090746437","https://openalex.org/W2096922939","https://openalex.org/W2104521492","https://openalex.org/W2106472377","https://openalex.org/W2108571040","https://openalex.org/W2109618864","https://openalex.org/W2111004606","https://openalex.org/W2114683304","https://openalex.org/W2119510391","https://openalex.org/W2121506118","https://openalex.org/W2123144568","https://openalex.org/W2124922036","https://openalex.org/W2126741141","https://openalex.org/W2132062004","https://openalex.org/W2132924891","https://openalex.org/W2134466418","https://openalex.org/W2138252386","https://openalex.org/W2139169716","https://openalex.org/W2143470365","https://openalex.org/W2144332559","https://openalex.org/W2147116970","https://openalex.org/W2152051345","https://openalex.org/W2156430033","https://openalex.org/W2157312926","https://openalex.org/W2161883265","https://openalex.org/W2165138165","https://openalex.org/W2169851179","https://openalex.org/W2208897441","https://openalex.org/W2280271414","https://openalex.org/W2336076776","https://openalex.org/W2482072420","https://openalex.org/W2494584622","https://openalex.org/W2521243987","https://openalex.org/W2526260779","https://openalex.org/W2575049426","https://openalex.org/W2728316219","https://openalex.org/W2904017933","https://openalex.org/W2906151105","https://openalex.org/W3022607203","https://openalex.org/W3121645815","https://openalex.org/W4244985803","https://openalex.org/W4256102023","https://openalex.org/W6721884027"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7033535126","https://openalex.org/W2946102112","https://openalex.org/W2007419970","https://openalex.org/W2295545845","https://openalex.org/W2890178822","https://openalex.org/W1944060643","https://openalex.org/W7099281292","https://openalex.org/W2075740753","https://openalex.org/W1602415067","https://openalex.org/W7160428167"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Purpose":[0],"Mobile":[1],"information":[2],"technology":[3],"devices":[4,20],"(MITDs)":[5],"are":[6],"of":[7,18,28,36,51,63,67,70,88,147],"special":[8],"interest":[9],"for":[10,82,144],"researchers":[11],"who":[12],"seek":[13],"to":[14,32,47,126,133,157],"understand":[15],"the":[16,34,49,60,68,86,92,124],"role":[17,35,50,62],"these":[19],"on":[21,38,53],"employees\u2019":[22,39,54,103],"work-life":[23,134],"balance":[24],"(WLB).":[25],"The":[26,57,118,141],"purpose":[27],"this":[29],"paper":[30,43],"is":[31,77,80],"examine":[33],"MITDs":[37,52,64,89,122,160],"WLB.":[40,55,84,169],"Design/methodology/approach":[41],"This":[42,99],"uses":[44],"semi-structured":[45],"interviews":[46],"investigate":[48],"Findings":[56],"findings":[58],"underscore":[59],"important":[61],"in":[65,155,167],"terms":[66],"attainment":[69],"flexibility":[71],"(how,":[72],"where,":[73],"and":[74,96,111,116,150],"when":[75],"work":[76,95],"done),":[78],"which":[79],"significant":[81],"achieving":[83],"However,":[85],"use":[87],"has":[90,100,106],"blurred":[91],"division":[93],"between":[94],"non-work":[97],"domains.":[98],"inadvertently":[101,165],"lengthened":[102],"working":[104],"hours,":[105],"affected":[107,112],"their":[108,113],"family":[109],"relationships,":[110],"general":[114],"health":[115],"well-being.":[117],"evidence":[119],"suggests":[120],"that":[121,159],"have":[123],"potential":[125],"improve":[127],"WLB":[128,148],"but":[129],"could":[130],"also":[131],"lead":[132],"conflict":[135],"if":[136],"not":[137],"properly":[138],"managed.":[139],"Originality/value":[140],"study":[142],"calls":[143],"a":[145],"re-examination":[146],"policies":[149],"practices,":[151],"specifically":[152],"border":[153],"theory,":[154],"order":[156],"ensure":[158],"can":[161],"enhance":[162],"productivity":[163],"without":[164],"resulting":[166],"poor":[168]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-01T11:40:01.658920","created_date":"2017-10-20T00:00:00"}