Felstead, A;
Henseke, G;
(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 article critically assesses the assumption that more and more work is being detached from place and that this is a ‘winwin’ 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. This article 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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Assessing the growth of remote working and its consequences for effort, well-being and work-life balance |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/ntwe.12097 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ntwe.12097 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Authors New Technology, Work and Employment published by Brian Towers (BRITOW) and John Wiley & Sons Lt. 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. |
| Keywords: | Remote working, homeworking, teleworking, job quality, work effort, job-related well-being, job satisfaction, work-life balance. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024647 |
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