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- ItemCross-domain online vigilance and boundary management effects on stress among knowledge workers(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04) Conradie, Liezel; le Roux, Daniel Bartholomeus; Parry, Douglas Anderson; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Information Science.ENGLISH SUMMARY: and social networking has become increasingly common for many. Notably, this connectivity also often spans across different life domains as the boundary between work and personal life becomes increasingly blurred due to the ubiquity of our mobile communication devices. Due to the constant and rapid changes to our socio-technological communication paradigm, it is important that potentially negative outcomes related to a mindset geared for constant connectivity are identified. In order to ascertain whether a cross-boundary mindset of connectedness – conceptualised as cross-domain online vigilance – could pose any threats to individual well-being, a quantitative research project was completed. To address this possibility, a cross-sectional, survey-based study was conducted among a sample of knowledge workers to test hypothesized relations between cross-domain online vigilance, boundary segmentation preferences, and perceived stress. Contrary to expectation, results of the study did not provide statistically significant evidence for a negative association between cross-domain online vigilance and perceived stress, nor any of the hypothesized interactions. This could be explained by the relatively small sample size or the general nature of perceived stress measured in the survey, as confounding factors could arguably have convoluted the variable. However, in further exploratory analyses a small, isolated effect observed for personal online vigilance at work under specific circumstances suggests that future research, involving larger sample sizes is needed to uncover possible relations with stress. Furthermore, the successful application of the adapted survey instrument utilised in the study suggests that the cross-domain online vigilance construct offers a unique perspective through which work-life scholars can examine organisational and technology related mindsets and behaviours.