(PDF) The Impact of the Mobile Phone on Work-Life Balance
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(PDF) The Impact of the Mobile Phone on Work-Life Balance
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Running head: WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND USE OF SMARTPHONEWork-life Balance and use of SmartphoneName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND USE OF SMARTPHONEWork life balanceWork-life balance is defined as an extent up to which a person is equally engaged inand at the same time equally satisfied with her or his role in work and family (Greenhaus,Collins & Shaw, 2013). The reverse of work life balance is work life conflict, which arisewhen the domains of work and life are incompatible and doing something in job, interfereswith the quality of family life or vice-versa (Harries, Marret & Harris, 2011). Issues surrounding the use of Smartphone and work life balanceHarries, Marret and Harris (2011) opined that work life balance was significantlyassociated with life satisfaction, stress and job satisfaction. Use of excessive Smartphone bothin personal and professional life lead to the generation of Smartphone addiction and this inturn leads to mental health complications (Choi, Lee & Ha, 2012). Apart from mental health,use of Smartphone has also lead to the increase in accidental death and injuries and therebycast fatal health impacts. In Singapore, At least 50 % of people aged between 17 to 25 yearshave encountered at least one road accident because they were glued to the screen of theirSmartphones while walking down the street (The Straits Times, 2015). Overuse ofSmartphone leads to the generation of social media anxiety. According to Enez Darcin et al.(2015), Smartphone addiction in young people leads to the generation of social phobia andprivacy theft, which in turn converts into mental health complications.According to Leslie etal. (2012), use of Smartphone has lead to the economic advancement. Use of multiple appslike tax consulting apps has helped individuals to stringently manage their income. Leslie etal. (2012) further opined that use of Smartphone has dramatically increased the ability tocollaborate and communicate with any people at any part of the world. This has helped thecompanies to reduce their expenses on travelling allowances as those and no longer necessaryand thereby promoting economic growth.
WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND USE OF SMARTPHONEArgument in favour of use of Smartphone in maintaining work life balanceAccording to Thurston (2012), advancement in the domain of technology helped towork under flexible working hours. For example, people have to no longer wait to be in frontof their computer or at office to finish their work. They can finish their task easily with thehelp of technology from anywhere and anytime. This enables people to spent time with theirfamily members on special occasions while staying connected with their work and meetingtheir targets. Tims et al. (2013)is of the opinion that use of Smartphone has helped toimprove the job performance this is because, Smartphone aids in quick communication anddeter decision making while working both on and off-field and thereby helping to increaseon-job performance. Increase in the job performance increases the productivity of employeesas instead of waiting for client or the prospective customers, they can employ their dead timefor other tasks like sending mails or doing cold calls or video meeting, this accelerates theoverall process and thus leading to increase in productivity. This increase in productivity inturn helps the employees to perform better in a flexible manner and thereby helping toincrease job satisfaction rate and increase in the parameter in the performance managementappraisal system Tims et al. (2013). Tims et al. (2013) stated that use of Smartphones helpedto increase the collaboration and dynamics among the co-employees via reducing theircommunication gap and this has lead to the increase in team performance. Increase in theteam performance helps to increase the productivity and this positive side is reflected in thebetter work-life balance. Argument in against the use of Smartphone in maintaining work life balanceAccording to Day et al. (2012), technology like excessive use of Smartphone cannegatively impact the work-life balance. Use of excessive technology in everyday life causeincreased blurring of boundaries of work and life and thereby causing significant distress and
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