Work at home and time use in Finland

Nätti, Jouko; Tammelin, Mia; Anttila, Timo; Ojala, Satu

doi:10.1111/j.1468-005x.2010.00258.x

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“…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.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…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

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

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“…Many who work at home are also thought to work long or extended hours (Golden, 2008;Nätti et al, 2011). Peters and Van der Lippe (2007) suggest that longer working hours among those who work at home may be attributable to the lack of 'checks and balances' such as workload comparison with co-workers.…”

Section: Effects Of Working At Home On Time Use Patternsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…A limited number of studies use nationally representative datasets but few have utilized the wealth of data available from time use studies (for an exception, see Nätti et al, 2011). This is a significant gap, addressed in this article, since time use studies offer the opportunity to examine the relationship between working at home and time use patterns in a number of ways.…”

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confidence: 92%