SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES: EXPLORATORY LEARNING, MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, AND KNOWLEDGE WORKERS' ROLE INTEGRATION BEHAVIORS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Reyt, Jean-Nicolas; Wiesenfeld, Batia M.
• 署名单位: McGill University; New York University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0991
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 739-762
• 关键词: PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT; psychological distance; LOCAL SEARCH; time; exploitation; CONFLICT; firm; segmentation; CONSEQUENCES; management

摘要

Role integration is the new workplace reality for many employees. The prevalence of mobile technologies (e.g., laptops, smartphones, tablets) that are increasingly wearable and nearly always on makes it difficult to keep role boundaries separate and distinct. We draw upon boundary theory and construal level theory to hypothesize that role integration behaviors shift people from thinking concretely to thinking more abstractly about their work. The results of an archival study of Enron executives' emails, two experiments, and a multi-wave field study of knowledge workers provide evidence of positive associations between role integration behaviors, higher construal level, and more exploratory learning activities.