Working at home: Experiences of skilled white collar workers

被引:65
作者
Ammons, SK
Markham, WT
机构
[1] Univ Minnesota, Dept Sociol, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
[2] Univ N Carolina, Dept Sociol, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA
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10.1080/02732170490271744
中图分类号
C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
Based on a comprehensive literature review and detailed semi-structured interviews with skilled workers who work at home, this article explores six research areas: reasons for working at home, the creation and maintenance of home/work boundaries, problems of isolation, distractions and temptations facing at-home workers, workaholism, and gender differences. The results indicate that white collar workers usually choose to work at home to reduce work/family conflicts or because of factors in the external labor market. Problems of creating and maintaining home/work boundaries, isolation, distractions and temptations at home, and workaholism do exist, but there was evidence that they may have been exaggerated in previous writing about at-home work. A combination of gender and life course stage better predicts differences in the experiences of the interviewees than does gender alone.
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页码:191 / 238
页数:48
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