The Effect of Work-related Social Media Use at Non-work 
Time on Work-family Conflict: The Mediating Role of Affect

Chang Su

doi:10.70711/frim.v3i1.5890

The Effect of Work-related Social Media Use at Non-work Time on Work-family Conflict: The Mediating Role of Affect

Chang Su

Abstract

As advancements in communication technologies have enabled organizations to stay connected with their employees beyond regular
working hours, there is a growing concern that employees may experience increased work-nonwork conflicts when they are away from the office. The current study is a proposal to investigate the effect of work-related social media use at non-work time on work-family conflict via the
mechanism of affect. Drawing on affective events theory, this study proposes that work-related social media use at non-work time is positively
related to negative affect but negatively related to positive affect; negative affect is positively related to a) time-based, b) strain-based, and c)
behavior-based work-family conflict but positive affect is negatively related to the three dimensions of work-family conflict; both negative affect and positive affect mediate the relationships between work-related social media use at non-work time and work-family conflict. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed, and future directions of research are provided.

Keywords

Social media use; Work-family conflict; Positive affect; Negative affect

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/frim.v3i1.5890

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