Does smartphone affect work-life balance, stress and satisfaction among teachers during online education

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of smartphone usage on school teachers’ Work-Life Balance (WLB) in the online mode of education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic insisted teachers adopt online teaching using a smartphone, which facilitates many teachers to qualitatively manage their work and family responsibilities during the transformed work mode. The target population of the current research is private school teachers working in all levels of school education across major cities in India namely Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai. Validated structured questionnaires were administered and primary data was gathered from 478 respondents, who were chosen using a convenience sampling technique. The hypothetical relationships among smartphone use, WLB, personal life and job satisfaction are found to be positive, whereas work stress is found to have a significantly negative relationship with WLB, personal life and job satisfaction. Therefore, it is concluded that the pertinent use of smartphones enhances the WLB of school teachers by helping them to meet family and job demands effectively. Copyright © 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.