It is not unusual that employees are required by their supervisors to stay accessible and responsive to work during nonwork time in the digitalized workplace. Yet, we know little about how and when supervisory information communication technology (ICT) demands after hours influence employee behavior at work. Drawing on attribution theory, our research aims to unpack the underlying mechanisms that transmit the effects of supervisory ICT demands after hours on employee proactive behavior and unethical behavior at work. We collected data from 397 employees in a media company (Study 1) and 493 employees in a retail corporation (Study 2) in East China, both using a three-wave time-lagged design. Results showed that supervisory ICT demands after hours positively related to employee proactive behavior through employees' performance-promotion attribution. Employees' self-serving attribution mediated the positive association between such demands and employee unethical behavior. Moreover, ICT centrality strengthened the indirect relationship between supervisory ICT demands after hours and employee proactive behavior. Specifically, this indirect relationship was stronger (vs. weaker) when employees perceived higher (vs. lower) ICT centrality. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

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下班后监管信息通信技术 （ICT） 需求对员工在工作中的主动行为和不道德行为的影响：归因视角


在数字化工作场所中，主管要求员工在非工作时间保持可访问性并响应工作，这并不罕见。然而，我们对下班后的信息通信技术 （ICT） 需求如何以及何时影响员工的工作行为知之甚少。借鉴归因理论，我们的研究旨在揭示下班后监管 ICT 需求对员工主动行为和工作中不道德行为的影响的潜在机制。我们收集了华东地区一家媒体公司的 397 名员工（研究 1）和华东地区一家零售公司的 493 名员工（研究 2）的数据，两者均使用三波延时设计。结果表明，通过员工的绩效提升归因，下班后的监督 ICT 需求与员工的主动行为呈正相关。员工的自私归因在此类需求与员工不道德行为之间的正相关之间起中介作用。此外，ICT 中心性加强了下班后监管 ICT 需求与员工主动行为之间的间接关系。具体来说，当员工认为 ICT 中心地位较高（相对于较低）时，这种间接关系更强（相对于更弱）。讨论了理论和实践意义。