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Home‐based Telework, Gender, and the Synchronization of Work and Family: Perspectives of Teleworkers and their Co‐residents
Author(s) -
Sullivan Cath,
Lewis Suzan
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0432.00125
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , work (physics) , work–life balance , sociology , balance (ability) , family life , synchronization (alternating current) , psychology , qualitative research , social psychology , gender studies , engineering , management , social science , mechanical engineering , topology (electrical circuits) , electrical engineering , neuroscience , economics
This article explores the relationship between work–family roles and boundaries, and gender, among home‐based teleworkers and their families. Previous literature suggests two alternative models of the implications of home‐based work for gendered experiences of work and family: the new opportunities for flexibility model and the exploitation model. Drawing on the findings of a qualitative study of home‐based workers and their co‐residents, we argue that these models are not mutually exclusive. We explore the gendered processes whereby teleworking can simultaneously enhance work–life balance while perpetuating traditional work and family roles.