Table A1 Detailed thematic map Theme... | Emerald Publishing

Table A1

Detailed thematic map

Theme	Codes	Thematic thought units
Impact of ICTs in work-life boundaries	ICTs as an interrupter of work-life boundaries	“I am getting more responsibilities and duties because of technology (Outlook, MS teams). It is easy to work the whole day with technology. Human interactions decreased, and stressful mind increased while using more technological devices. ICTs have an impact on work-life conflict” “Our employer has provided us with laptops. Mobile phones, data. Could not say we cannot work from home. If we are going on a trip also, we should take our laptop with us … have worked when I was on an overseas vacation”
Impact of ICTs in work-life boundaries	ICTs as facilitator of work-life boundary management	“My job is mostly engaged with clients, so technology keeps my work ongoing. Technology helps me to balance up and do my work easy and properly”
The dominance of the work domain due to entanglement of ICTs with culture	Commitment rhetoric of collectivist	“Narmada has a smartphone with necessary apps to work anytime … While feeding the baby she can attend to work … Both company and Narmada has an agreement to work in such manner” “He is a marketing manager. He is bound by company's urgent things in any time … this is the technology-driven era … He should have the ability do work any time … Getting knowledge about the technology he has to manage personal life and work-life”
	Power distant organisational culture	“In this culture, it is possible to ignore the personal issues, but not possible to ignore the office works” “Narmada has a smartphone with necessary apps to work anytime … While feeding the baby she can attend to work … Both company and Narmada has an agreement to work in such manner” “My managers will not insist me on doing official things at home. My superior believes we should leave our work stations exactly on time […] Basically, that perception is across the organisation and derived because of the culture”
	Financial security	“… should have the courage to face any type of challenge … Sacrifice our favourite things because this period is money-based”
	Supportive family domain	“I will try to explain to wife the importance of replying such e-mail. I will ask my wife to propose another day for kids”
Entanglement of gender norms	Family expectations	“Men do not have to face many more challenges. Men can easily make their time to do work related things. Females have to balance all housework too” “Females have more responsibilities work in the house. Normally, we are not expecting females to work anytime”
	Night-time conversations with external parties	“It is not good to have night conversations with the customer because there are many barriers to female in these regards. As the boss is also female Maheshika can continue the Viber chat”
	Gendered job challenges	“I think this post is not suitable for female … she will face a lot of problems”
Underlying preferences and differential acceptance	Segmentation preference	“I will ignore the e-mail. I will keep a separate mobile for office work and turn it off around 5 pm. I do not like a job with less freedom. If they do not give my freedom, I will take it somehow”
	Integration preference	“I manage my work and home life properly. I will do important office work at home and will do the home responsibilities efficiently. In the office, I would not hesitate to engage in important home-related activities if needed …. Yes, technology has made things efficient, if used correctly/properly, we can usefully manage work and family life”
	Differential acceptance	“I do answer a client's call, if I get a call from my girlfriend, I would decline my girlfriends call and continue the discussion with the client. The client is an outside party …. if my boss question me being online and not replying to her, I shall explain was busy with some personal issues” “if it is a holiday … Work related matter for the personal mobile then there is no point of replying to it. The boss should have sent it to the official mobile, If he did not respond to that if it is a critical matter then only the boss should contact him via personal mobile”
Managing ICTs to manage boundaries	Importance of managing ICTs	“We cannot avoid or get off from technology. But we have to be talented enough to balance our day to day life and technology. It is not suitable to addict to the new technology”
	Scheduling tasks	“Time management and work scheduling are helping to do tasks on time” “Build a personal discipline. … Not immediately if it is after office hours”
	Using technological capabilities	“Technology is well developed, and it is better to configure his e-mail to phone”
	Getting support from others	“Without family and subordinate support cannot complete the task” “I could ask help from someone to balance my duties”
	Indicate personal commitments to the interrupter	“When it is forced to be committed after office always make it habit to indicate your personal and family commitments”
	Maintaining separate devices	“I will keep a separate mobile for office work and turn it off around 5 pm” “would not respond to work related message in my personal phone … I would not share my personal phone number with any of my colleagues”

Theme	Codes	Thematic thought units
Impact of ICTs in work-life boundaries	ICTs as an interrupter of work-life boundaries	“I am getting more responsibilities and duties because of technology (Outlook, MS teams). It is easy to work the whole day with technology. Human interactions decreased, and stressful mind increased while using more technological devices. ICTs have an impact on work-life conflict”“Our employer has provided us with laptops. Mobile phones, data. Could not say we cannot work from home. If we are going on a trip also, we should take our laptop with us … have worked when I was on an overseas vacation”
Impact of ICTs in work-life boundaries	ICTs as facilitator of work-life boundary management	“My job is mostly engaged with clients, so technology keeps my work ongoing. Technology helps me to balance up and do my work easy and properly”
The dominance of the work domain due to entanglement of ICTs with culture	Commitment rhetoric of collectivist	“Narmada has a smartphone with necessary apps to work anytime … While feeding the baby she can attend to work … Both company and Narmada has an agreement to work in such manner”“He is a marketing manager. He is bound by company's urgent things in any time … this is the technology-driven era … He should have the ability do work any time … Getting knowledge about the technology he has to manage personal life and work-life”
	Power distant organisational culture	“In this culture, it is possible to ignore the personal issues, but not possible to ignore the office works”“Narmada has a smartphone with necessary apps to work anytime … While feeding the baby she can attend to work … Both company and Narmada has an agreement to work in such manner”“My managers will not insist me on doing official things at home. My superior believes we should leave our work stations exactly on time […] Basically, that perception is across the organisation and derived because of the culture”
	Financial security	“… should have the courage to face any type of challenge … Sacrifice our favourite things because this period is money-based”
	Supportive family domain	“I will try to explain to wife the importance of replying such e-mail. I will ask my wife to propose another day for kids”
Entanglement of gender norms	Family expectations	“Men do not have to face many more challenges. Men can easily make their time to do work related things. Females have to balance all housework too”“Females have more responsibilities work in the house. Normally, we are not expecting females to work anytime”
	Night-time conversations with external parties	“It is not good to have night conversations with the customer because there are many barriers to female in these regards. As the boss is also female Maheshika can continue the Viber chat”
	Gendered job challenges	“I think this post is not suitable for female … she will face a lot of problems”
Underlying preferences and differential acceptance	Segmentation preference	“I will ignore the e-mail. I will keep a separate mobile for office work and turn it off around 5 pm. I do not like a job with less freedom. If they do not give my freedom, I will take it somehow”
	Integration preference	“I manage my work and home life properly. I will do important office work at home and will do the home responsibilities efficiently. In the office, I would not hesitate to engage in important home-related activities if needed …. Yes, technology has made things efficient, if used correctly/properly, we can usefully manage work and family life”
	Differential acceptance	“I do answer a client's call, if I get a call from my girlfriend, I would decline my girlfriends call and continue the discussion with the client. The client is an outside party …. if my boss question me being online and not replying to her, I shall explain was busy with some personal issues”“if it is a holiday … Work related matter for the personal mobile then there is no point of replying to it. The boss should have sent it to the official mobile, If he did not respond to that if it is a critical matter then only the boss should contact him via personal mobile”
Managing ICTs to manage boundaries	Importance of managing ICTs	“We cannot avoid or get off from technology. But we have to be talented enough to balance our day to day life and technology. It is not suitable to addict to the new technology”
	Scheduling tasks	“Time management and work scheduling are helping to do tasks on time”“Build a personal discipline. … Not immediately if it is after office hours”
	Using technological capabilities	“Technology is well developed, and it is better to configure his e-mail to phone”
	Getting support from others	“Without family and subordinate support cannot complete the task”“I could ask help from someone to balance my duties”
	Indicate personal commitments to the interrupter	“When it is forced to be committed after office always make it habit to indicate your personal and family commitments”
	Maintaining separate devices	“I will keep a separate mobile for office work and turn it off around 5 pm”“would not respond to work related message in my personal phone … I would not share my personal phone number with any of my colleagues”