Working at Home

Experiences of Skilled White Collar Workers

Bibliographic Data

ID2187310
AuthorsSamantha K Ammon (0000-0002-5000-2413), Samantha Ammons, William T Markham, William Markham
Year2004
Volume24
Issue2
Pages191-238
Publication date2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/715726145
OpenAlexW4238276770
LanguageEN
Citations received9

Based on a comprehensive literature review and detailed semistructured 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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