| Abstract [eng] |
Work structure. In the first part of work there is problem analysis of smartphone use influence on work-home interaction. The second part analyze scientific literature related to work-home interface and smartphones, their properties, and peculiarities of use. The third part describes the research methodology. The fourth part presents results of the study. Relevance of the topic. Work and home are two most dominant domains in people’s lives. Exploration of these areas began in the middle of the twentieth century. In the beginning, these were separate domains. Over time, it has been observed that these domains are interlinked and not as distinct as previously thought. Greenhaus and Beutell (1985) talked about the fact that work and home domains are related and that it is work that has a negative impact on the home domain. Over time, this theory has evolved to the fact that the domains of work and home influence each other in any direction, both negatively and positively. As technologies advanced, unprecedented new technologies have emerged, such as computers, mobile phones, or the Internet. The smartphone has become a combination of all these technologies. When everyone's "computer" appeared in their pocket, with the help of which it is possible to reach any place in the world or find out any information of interest without visiting the library, the boundaries are gone. The boundaries have disappeared not only between the information available to use any time, anywhere, but also between the domains of work and home. This revealed the problem that home and work have become too interconnected, and people do their work at home while maintaining home responsibilities at work. It is fast and convenient smartphones that incorporate their simple, intuitive use that have quickly emerged in everyone’s personal lives. However, easy-to-use smart devices were quickly adapted for work as well. Recent statistics suggest that there are 3.6 billion smartphone users in the world (Statista, 2020), which is almost half of all humanity. And in countries with high education level, about 76 percent use smartphones (Global Attitudes Survey, 2018). In general, smartphones can be used both at work and after work, so it is important to understand the impact that such widespread technology can have on our two most common domains of life - work and home. The aim of the work is to reveal the influence of the use of smartphones on work-home interface. Research tasks: 1. to identify aspects of the problem of the influence of smartphones on work-home interface; 2. to conceptualize work-home interface by presenting a concept and describing individual dimensions of work-home interface; 3. describe the concept, evolution and usage characteristics of smartphones; 4. to substantiate the methodological approach to the impact of the use of smartphones on workhome interface and to develop a research methodology;7 5. Empirically evaluate the impact of smartphones on work-home interface and provide recommendations. Research results. After the analysis of the scientific literature and the empirical evaluation of the obtained results, it was found that the developed theoretical model only partially coincides with the obtained research results. It has been found that the use of smartphones after work for work purposes affects all dimensions of work-home interface, and the use of smartphones during work for personal purposes affects only positive and negative dimensions of home-work interface. The use of smartphones after working hours for work purposes has the greatest impact on the negative work and home interface. In all cases, the statistically significant correlation between the dimensions of smartphone use and work-home interaction is positive. The final model was refined based on the obtained data from the regression analysis study. |
