Tethered to work: A family systems approach linking mobile device use to turnover intentions

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 520-534

  Ferguson, Merideth ^a   Carlson, Dawn ^b   Boswell, Wendy ^c   Whitten, Dwayne ^c   Butts, Marcus M ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^e Micki)   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Mobile device use; Spousal commitment; Turnover intentions; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; EMPLOYEE; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; PSYCINFO; SPOUSE; TURNOVER TIME; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORK;

ADULT; CELL PHONES; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SPOUSES; WORK;

EID: 84949845128     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/apl0000075     Document Type: Article

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