Assessing the growth of remote working and its consequences for effort, well-being and work-life balance

Felstead, Alan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8851-4289 and Henseke, Golo 2017. Assessing the growth of remote working and its consequences for effort, well-being and work-life balance. New Technology, Work and Employment 32 (3) , pp. 195-212. 10.1111/ntwe.12097

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Abstract

This paper critically assesses the assumption that more and more work is being detached from place and that this is a ‘win-win’ for both employers and employees. Based on an analysis of official labour market data, it finds that only one-third of the increase in remote working can be explained by compositional factors such as movement to the knowledge economy, the growth in flexible employment and organisational responses to the changing demographic make-up of the employed labour force. This suggests that the detachment of work from place is a growing trend. The paper also shows that while remote working is associated with higher organisational commitment, job satisfaction and job-related well-being, these benefits come at the cost of work intensification and a greater inability to switch off.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	0268-1072
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	5 September 2017
Date of Acceptance:	1 September 2017
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 11:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/104239

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