Connectivity agency behaviours
| Author/s | Strategy | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardi et al. (2010) | Disconnection | Turning off or disconnecting ICT |
| Dissimulation | Obscurement of availability (through statuses or activity indicators) | |
| Cousins and Robey (2015) | Technology designation | Separating mobile devices, software and data |
| Boundary permeation rules | Rules regarding the acceptance or diversion of ICT-related boundary permeation | |
| Dis/connection rules | Decisions about when the disconnection of ICT devices is acceptable | |
| Siegert and Löwstedt (2019) | Prevention (Prohibitive) | Prohibitive strategies which create obstacles or boundaries to the work–life interface |
| Diversion (Reactive) | Ignoring, deflecting or re-locating ICT-related tasks or messages when a boundary transgression occurs | |
| Retaliation (Active) | An active response against expectations for high availability, consisting of voicing concern to relevant parties | |
| Aljabr et al. (2022) | Segmentation | Choices about the modal rules to connectivity (for instance, using separate work and personal devices or software) |
| Prioritising | Behaviours formed through an evaluation of the significance of communication at a particular point in time, such as refraining from providing a response to a particular non-urgent message | |
| Distancing | Completely switching off, or “dimming” (p. 198) the possibility for connection |
| Author/s | Strategy | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Disconnection | Turning off or disconnecting ICT | |
| Dissimulation | Obscurement of availability (through statuses or activity indicators) | |
| Technology designation | Separating mobile devices, software and data | |
| Boundary permeation rules | Rules regarding the acceptance or diversion of ICT-related boundary permeation | |
| Dis/connection rules | Decisions about when the disconnection of ICT devices is acceptable | |
| Prevention (Prohibitive) | Prohibitive strategies which create obstacles or boundaries to the work–life interface | |
| Diversion (Reactive) | Ignoring, deflecting or re-locating ICT-related tasks or messages when a boundary transgression occurs | |
| Retaliation (Active) | An active response against expectations for high availability, consisting of voicing concern to relevant parties | |
| Segmentation | Choices about the modal rules to connectivity (for instance, using separate work and personal devices or software) | |
| Prioritising | Behaviours formed through an evaluation of the significance of communication at a particular point in time, such as refraining from providing a response to a particular non-urgent message | |
| Distancing | Completely switching off, or “dimming” (p. 198) the possibility for connection |
Source(s): Authors’ own work