Communication Technology and the Social Construction of Availability

该提案寻求支持，以分析以前收集的关于人们如何利用通信技术构建其可用性和管理工作与日常生活之间界限的定量和定性数据。 该项目具有风险性和探索性，因为技术使用和个人边界构建之间的关系从未被研究过。该项目有望产生新技术如何影响日常生活生态的重要见解。 特别是，这项研究可以通过提请注意技术在社会边界构建中所发挥的作用，对工作和家庭的文献产生重大影响。 它还可以产生重要的社会影响，帮助雇主和雇员更好地了解新技术如何提高日常生活质量。

This proposal seeks support for the analysis of previously collected quantitative and qualitative data on how people use communications technologies to construct their availability and manage the boundaries between work and everyday life. The project is risky and exploratory because the relationship between technology use and the construction of personal boundaries has never been examined. The project promises to yield important insights into how new technologies affect the ecology of everyday life. In particular, the study could significantly influence the literature on work and family by drawing attention to the role technologies play in the social construction of boundaries. It could also have important societal impacts in helping employers and employees to better understand how new technologies could enhance the quality of everyday life.