The dark side of polychronic time management on employee well-being: exploring the buffering effects of workplace support for reducing work-family conflict and burnout
研究多时性时间管理（同时处理多项任务）如何通过工作-家庭冲突损害员工福祉，并发现组织与主管的支持能缓解这种负面影响，对HR管理者和研究者有参考价值。
A polychronic time management (PTM) approach (i.e., juggling and switching between multiple task demands) is considered a norm in today’s fast-paced work environment and therefore encouraged by organizations. However, there is a lack of understanding of how this temporal approach may negatively impact employees and how human resource management practices can support the appropriate use of this time management approach. To enhance the literature’s understanding of this phenomenon, we conceptualize PTM as an overarching temporal approach that spans multiple life domains (as opposed to existing studies that have only examined it within the work-domain). Using a multisource time-lagged research design and a sample of employees with family commitments, we examine the relationship that PTM has on employee’s experience of work-family conflict, a form of psychological strain that emerges from competing role demands, and its subsequent relationship to employee well-being. In addition, we examine when workplace supportive practices from the organization and the supervisor are more effective at alleviating these pressures. Our results emphasize the important roles that both organizations and supervisors have in creating a supportive work environment for employees to succeed, thereby offering insights for HRM practitioners and researchers.