Working from home, job satisfaction and work–life balance – robust or heterogeneous links?
| Autor: | Olaf Hübler, Lutz Bellmann |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Strategy and Management 05 social sciences Work–life balance Control (management) Affect (psychology) Causality 0506 political science Treatment and control groups Telecommuting Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Demographic economics Job satisfaction Big Five personality traits Psychology 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Manpower. 42:424-441 |
| ISSN: | 0143-7720 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/ijm-10-2019-0458 |
| Popis: | PurposeIt is analyzed whether working from home improves or impairs the job satisfaction and the work–life balance and under which conditions.Design/methodology/approachBlocks of influences on job satisfaction and work–life balance – personal traits, job characteristics, skills and employment properties – are estimated separately and in combination. To select the variables, the least angle regression is applied. The entropy balancing approach is used to determine causal effects. The study investigates whether imbalances are determined by private or job influences, whether firm-specific regulations and the selected control group affect the results and whether it only takes place during leisure time.FindingsNo clear effects of remote work on job satisfaction are revealed, but the impact on work–life balance is generally negative. If the imbalance is conditioned by private interests, this is not corroborated in contrast to job conditioned features. Employees working from home are happier than those who want to work at home, job satisfaction is higher and work–life balance is not worse under a strict contractual agreement than under a nonbinding commitment.Originality/valueA wide range of personality traits, skills, employment properties and job characteristics are incorporated as determinants. The problem of causality is investigated. It is analyzed whether the use of alternative control and treatment groups leads to different results. The empirical investigation is based on new German data with three waves. |
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