job stress.”For the study, the researchers surveyed more than 500 full-time public school teachers in grades K-6 to measure their off-the-clock work intrusion via technologies on a weekly basis for five consecutive weeks.“We asked about their weekly work intrusion involving technology, specifically their after-hours work — whether they were expected to respond to work-related messages and emails immediately, and whether they were contacted about work-related issues after hours,” she said.The researchers found that teachers’ adoption of technological boundary tactics such as keeping work email alerts turned off on smartphones was linked to lower perceptions of the weekly work intrusion.The research builds on recent work on how coping with.
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