Working at Home: Negotiating Space and Place

View Sample PDF

Author(s): Tracy L.M. Kennedy (University of Toronto, Canada)
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 23
Source title: Information Communication Technologies and Emerging Business Strategies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shenja van der Graaf (London School of Economics, UK)and Yuichi Washida (Hakuhodo Inc. & The University of Tokyo, Japan)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-234-3.ch014

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Information Systems / Business Science Reference / Consumer Management

Purchase

View Working at Home: Negotiating Space and Place on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

This chapter explores the work-family interface by investigating home as a potential work space that must still accommodate the social and leisure needs of household members. By examining spatial patterns of household Internet location, this chapter investigates the prevalence of paid work in Canadian homes, illustrates how household spaces are reorganized to accommodate the computer/Internet, and examines how the location of Internet access is situated within sociocultural contexts of the household and how this might affect potential work-from-home scenarios. Data collected from a triangulation of methods—surveys, interviews and in-home observation—also illustrate the relevance of household Internet location from an organizational perspective. The relationship between individuals and business organizations is interactive and integrative, and the home workplace is complex and blurred with other daily social realities, which influence effective work-at-home strategies and potentially shapes productivity and efficiency.

The IRMA Community

Research IRM

Working at Home: Negotiating Space and Place

Purchase

Abstract

Related Content

IRMA Sponsors