مجلة علوم الإنسان والمجتمع
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 981-1015
2026-06-12

Time Porosity In The Digital Age: Icts, Boundary Management, And The Well-being Of Managers In Algeria

Authors : Noui Rabah . Touati Liticia . Touati Asma .

Abstract

This research has focused on the relationship between Information and Communications Technology (ICT) with respect to the ability of managers to establish boundaries between their professional and personal lives. The qualitative based study utilized semi-structured interviews in its collection, and subsequently has provided evidence that while there were benefits offered by digital tools in relation to improved planning, these same digital tools have created a previously insurmountable level of information overload, These phenomena have contributed to a perceptible level of "time porosity" whereby a greater proportion of an individual's professional actions can now take place during the time which was formerly reserved for the individual's personal life, resulting in a significant increase in stress levels. This research demonstrates clearly that organizations should establish frameworks through which digital disconnection can be organized, for the purposes of maintaining sustainable productivity outcomes into the future, particularly in the area of digital productivity.

Keywords

Time Management ; Work-Life Balance ; Time Porosity ; Digital Disconnection