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The aim of this chapter is to provide an extensive overview of existing theories, which can be used by conceptualizing an overall framework of antecedents and consequences of work-related ICT use during after-hours (see Chap. 5). Thus, in the following we describe the border and boundary theory (see, among others, Ashforth, Kreiner and Fugate, Acad Manage Rev 25(3), 472–491. doi:10.2307/259305, 2000; Clark, Hum Relat 53(6), 747–770. doi:10.1177/0018726700536001, 2000), the social learning theory (Bandura, Vicarious processes: a case of no-trial learning. In: Berkowitz L. (ed), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. Academic Press, New York, pp 1–55, 1965; Social learning theory. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1977; Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 1986; Bandura and Walters, Social learning and personality development. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, New York, 1963), the self-determination theory (SDT; Deci and Ryan, Psychol Inq, 11(4), 227–268. doi:10.1207/S15327965PLI1104_01, 2000), the conservation of resources (COR) theory (Hobfoll, Am Psychol 44(3), 513–524. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.44.3.513, 1989; J Occup Organ Psychol 84(1), 116–122. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.2010.02016.x, 2011), the transactional model of stress (Lazarus and Folkman, Stress, appraisal, and coping. Springer, New York, 1984), the job demands-resources (JD-R) model (Bakker and Demerouti, J Manag Psychol 22(3), 309–328. doi:10.1108/02683940710733115, 2007; Demerouti E., Bakker A. B., Nachreiner F., and Schaufeli W. B., J Appl Psychol 86(3), 499–512. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.86.3.499, 2001), the challenge-hindrance framework (Cavanaugh M. A., Boswell W. R., Roehling M. V. and Boudreau J. W., J Appl Psychol 85(1), 65–74. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.85.1.65, 2000; LePine, Podsakoff and LePine, Acad Manag J 48(5), 764–775, 2005), and the action regulation theory (Hacker, Allgemeine Arbeitspsychologie: Psychische Regulation von Arbeitstätigkeiten. Bern: H. Huber, 1998 Eur J Work Organ Psychol 12(2), 105–130. doi:10.1080/13594320344000075, 2003; Frese and Zapf, Action as the core of work psychology: a German approach. In: Dunnette M. D., Hough L. M., and Triandis H. C. (eds), Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology, vol 4, Consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, pp 271–340, 1994). Thereby, we already offer exemplary references to the ICT use during non-work hours for work purposes. If available, we list examples of previous research and, finally, we draft our initial assumptions on antecedents and consequences of supplemental ICT work.

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Ďuranová, L., Ohly, S. (2016). Theoretical Background. In: Persistent Work-related Technology Use, Recovery and Well-being Processes. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24759-5_2

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