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Teleworkers’ Boundary Management: Temporal, Spatial, and Expectation-Setting Strategies
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Author(s): Kathryn L. Fonner (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA)and Lara C. Stache (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 28
Source title:
Virtual Work and Human Interaction Research
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Shawn Long (University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0963-1.ch003
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Abstract
Building on boundary theory, this chapter analyzes the open-ended responses of home-based teleworkers (N = 146) to identify the temporal and spatial strategies used by teleworkers to manage the boundary between work and home domains, and the expectation-setting strategies teleworkers use to uphold this boundary with family and work contacts. Teleworkers used temporal routines and physical space to segment work from home domains, but also maintained a degree of permeability between work and home domains in order to preserve the flexible benefits of their work arrangement. Teleworkers employed direct and indirect strategies with their families and colleagues to manage the work-home boundary. Relationships between boundary management choices, demographic variables, work-life conflict, and life-work conflict are also examined.
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