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The effects of home‐based teleworking on work‐family conflict
Author(s) -
Madsen Susan R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1049
Subject(s) - work–family conflict , psychology , work (physics) , family conflict , full time , working hours , social psychology , political science , engineering , labour economics , mechanical engineering , law , economics
A key issue in HRD is to identify and determine factors that influence the performance of employees andorganizations. Two possible factors are the initiation of teleworking and the reduction of work‐familyconflict. The purpose of this survey questionnaire study was to investigate the differences in work‐familyconflict between full‐time worksite employees and full‐time teleworking employees (individualswho worked from home at least two days per week). Two hundred and twenty‐one usable surveys werereturned from full‐time teleworkers and nonteleworkers in seven corporate organizations. The findingsindicate that teleworkers had lower levels of various dimensions of work‐family conflict. Relationshipswere also found between work‐family conflict and gender, health, number of hours worked, and number ofchildren.