Gender, Technology and Work Engagement: The Impact of HR Technologies on Work-Life Integration (Routledge Research in Human Resource Management)

This book explores how HR technologies may mitigate the negative impacts of work-family conflicts on work engagement, a topic of increasing relevance in the digital era. Acknowledging the changes in gender stereotypes and its impact on work engagement, this book undertakes systematic literature reviews on gender stereotypes, work-family conflicts, work engagement and disruptive HR technologies to identify gaps in existing Human Resource Management research.Grounding on the theories such as social role theory, role-conflict theory and the job-demand resource mode, Priyashantha surveys over 600 Sri Lankan private sector executives and shows that changing gender stereotypes both enhance work engagement and intensify work-family conflict, while the perceived desirability of disruptive HR technologies raises engagement, it can amplify the negative impact of work-family conflict on work engagement when not matched by credible implementation.Practical implications of the research for organiza