Extracts and summary of the research: ‘Are communications about work outside regular working hours associated with work-to-family conflict, psychological distress and sleep problems?’. Research Authors: Scott Schieman and Marisa C. Young (2013) Key quotes from the research: ‘…work contact is associated with higher levels of work-to-family
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Prior to the introduction of the Blackberry at the turn of the century, generally for many, when we left the office, our work for the day was done. We spent limited time thinking about work and focussed on doing things we found enjoyable. The Blackberry dramatically
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Extracts and summary of the research: ‘Technological Tethering, Digital Natives, and Challenges in the Work-Family Interface’. Research Authors: Andrew D. Nevin and Scott Schieman (2020) Key quotes from the research: ‘…mobile technologies have facilitated the extension of traditional working hours, reflective of workers being “technologically tethered”
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Extracts and a summary of the research: ‘When You Just Cannot Get Away – Exploring the use of information and communication technologies in facilitating negative work/home spillover’. Research Authors: Ronald W. Berkowsky (2013) Key quotes from the research: ‘Boundaries [between work and home], while sometimes motivated
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Boundaries between work and home Work and home boundaries were abandoned during the first lockdown with both life realms being geographically merged for the first time for most. Since then, we’ve adjusted our boundaries and had time to figure out what does or doesn’t work
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It is well understood that we exhibit different personas for different life roles. Each role we occupy requires differing personalities to manage, different expectations, different demands and different puzzles to solve. The traditional transition time between home and work (and back again) gave us the
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A century ago, social status was accompanied by ‘an abundance of leisure’. The wealthy and upwardly mobile demonstrated their wealth by how little they did, and how much others did for them. We’ve now flipped those expectations completely so that social status now comes from
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‘Parental Burnout’ is “an exhaustion syndrome, characterised by feeling physically and mentally overwhelmed” (first identified by Isabelle Roskam and Moïra Mikolajczak in the early ’80s). Simultaneously working, managing a home and raising children involves complicated and frequent role-switching. Each of these roles requires different cognitive functioning
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Although many have been forced to work remotely during the Covid-19 Pandemic, everyone has different expectations, requirements and adaptations to merging the home and work domains into one geographic location. How you manage your work-life balance depends on a number of factors: Your individual personality
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Research shows that we don’t automatically develop good strategies to separate out work and home-based technology use. Those who do work from home, need to develop good psychological detachment strategies, to help them reduce anxiety, stress and overall mental wellness. These strategies can include: Carving
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