Unpaid Work at Home

Song, Younghwan

doi:10.1111/j.1468-232x.2009.00576.x

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“…Even though, there are no gender differences among Finnish employees regarding the extent of homeworking (Nätti et al, 2009), which is a similar finding to other studies IJSSP 34,1/2 (Song, 2009;Fenner and Renn, 2010). Many studies confirm that the nature and content of work shapes homeworking flexibility (Song, 2009;Felstead et al, 2005;Nätti et al, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 72%

“…Many studies confirm that the nature and content of work shapes homeworking flexibility (Song, 2009;Felstead et al, 2005;Nätti et al, 2011). This finding is mainly related to highly-educated employees.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…carrying out tasks associated with work during free time or holidays (Fenner and Renn, 2010;Song, 2009;Sullivan, 2003;Ojala, 2011;Nätti et al, 2011). The existing conceptualisations in the field of informal flexibility differ greatly from each other and any comparison must be made with caution.…”

Section: Telework and Informal Work At Home: Heterogeneous Concepts Amentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, new findings (Nätti et al, 2009(Nätti et al, , 2011Song, 2009;Fenner and Renn, 2010) show homeworking to be work that supplements and continues work already done at the employer's premises and not telework. This is not fully understood in research or in discussions on flexible work.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Informal overtime at home instead of telework: increase in negative work-family interface

Ojala

Nätti

Anttila

2014

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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Purpose -The authors aim to compare how formal flexibility, such as telework, differs from informal overtime work at home regarding the work-family interface. Design/methodology/approach -By using data from the Finnish Quality of Work Life Surveys from 2003 and 2008, the positive and negative measures concerning the work-family interface are examined through logistic regression analysis. Findings -Employees doing informal overtime at home are more likely to be affected by negative emotions concerning work disrupting family lives. Additionally, negotiations between couples over the allocation of time become areas of conflict. Only weak evidence is provided for both telework and informal work at home supporting family life. Research limitations/implications -In studying homeworking, it is important to separate between formal and informal flexibility at work. The data exceptionally enable that. The limitations of the data are cross-sectionality and only a few measures for assessing the positive work-family interface. Originality/value -The contribution of the study is to show how informal overtime at home is related with stronger negative implications for work-family interface, when separated from telework. The article discusses how well-intentioned working schedule flexibility results in family life being infringed upon. Informal work may help attain a better work-family interface, but, with dual-earner employment being predominant in Finland, informal overtime work can increase pressures on families. The authors encourage the policy-and organisation-level recognition of informal overtime risks.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Telework and Informal Work At Home: Heterogeneous Concepts Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Informal overtime at home instead of telework: increase in negative work-family interface

Ojala

Nätti

Anttila

2014

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

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“…We do not know what degree of discretion these workers have over where they work and when. Nor do we know from these statistics whether spatial and temporal fragmentation of work leads to a lengthening of the working day and/or an increase in the intensity of work as suggested by some (Ojala, 2011;Song, 2009).…”

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Rapid change or slow evolution? Changing places of work and their consequences in the UK

Felstead

2012

Journal of Transport Geography

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Boundary control and controlled boundaries: Organizational expectations for technology use at the work-family interface

2016

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Some studies have argued that information and communication technologies such as smartphones can pressure employees to work more from home, while others argue that they help employees manage transitions between work and family role domains. Leveraging boundary theory and the job demands-resources model, the present study examines the conditions under which work-family technology use is associated with greater boundary control. Findings show that technology use is associated with higher boundary control for those who prefer role integration and lower boundary control for those who prefer role segmentation. Findings also show that boundary control is linked to emotional exhaustion and that organizational after-hours electronic communication expectations can compel work-family technology use despite individual preferences.

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Unpaid Work at Home

Cited by 37 publications

References 11 publications

Informal overtime at home instead of telework: increase in negative work-family interface

Informal overtime at home instead of telework: increase in negative work-family interface

Rapid change or slow evolution? Changing places of work and their consequences in the UK

Boundary control and controlled boundaries: Organizational expectations for technology use at the work-family interface

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