Abstract
This paper examines how home-based remote workers use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to manage their work/nonwork boundary. This is an important topic given that, post-pandemic many workers undertake a certain amount of home-based working, and that for such workers, the blurring of the work/nonwork boundary can be a significant challenge. We present qualitative data from interviews conducted pre-pandemic with a purposive sample of 20 people with quite distinct attitudes to boundary management. We go beyond the distinction between segmentation/integration preferences with regards to the management of this boundary and develop a typology with five categories, based on people’s boundary management preferences. Our analysis highlights the diverse boundary management practices that are utilised, and highlights the differences between people in each of the five boundary management groups with regarding to how they use ICTs to manage the work/nonwork boundary.
Original language | English |
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Journal | New Technology, Work and Employment |
Publication status | Submitted - 15 Sept 2024 |
Keywords
- Remote work
- boundary management
- ICT use
- work-nonwork
- typology
- hybrid work