Alexandra Mergener
Biographic Data
| ID | 204445 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Mergener |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Mergener |
| SIGNATURE | MERGENER A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2939-4416 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Working from home and health complaints: On the difference between telework and informal overtime at home
Background: With the increase in the prevalence of working from home (WFH), understanding its impact on health has become more relevant. However, the possibility that health effects may depend on the specific WFH arrangement has largely been ignored in research. Objective: The aim of this study is to offer a differentiated view of WFH by distinguishing between informal overtime at home and telework during recognized working time when assessing it…
Is More Really More? Evidence of a Curvilinear Relationship between the Extent of Telework and Employees’ Temporal Alignment of Work and Private Life in Germany
Studies exploring not only whether, but also to what extent, telework can improve employees’ ability to coordinate private and work-related demands are largely absent. Using a probability-based large-scale survey of employees in Germany (N = 14,999), this study provides evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between the extent of telework and employees’ temporal alignment of work and private life, i.e., their success in considering persona…
Social relations and employees' rejection of working from home: A social exchange perspective
Why do employees prefer working on‐site rather than working from home (WfH)? This article examines how personal concerns at the level of social relationships affect rejection of WfH. Using a large‐scale representative survey of employees in Germany ( N = 4448), we apply logistic regression analyses to examine, first, the association between employees' social relationships at work and rejection of WfH and, second, the moderating effects of social …
Gender overeducation gap in the digital age: Can spatial flexibility through working from home close the gap
This study analyses the gender overeducation gap, meaning differences between partnered men and women in the degree of holding a job with lower requirements compared to one's own education, and how working from home (WfH) affects overeducation. Contextualising education-job mismatches in the digital age, we update an old topic of labour market research considering new options of spatial flexibility via WfH. Using a unique German dataset of the co…
The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Forced answering (FA) is a frequent answer format in online surveys that forces respondents to answer each question in order to proceed through the questionnaire. The underlying rationale is to decrease the amount of missing data. Despite its popularity, empirical research on the impact of FA on respondents’ answering behavior is scarce and has generated mixed findings. In fact, some quasi-experimental studies showed that FA has detrimental conse…
Berufliche Zugänge zum Homeoffice: Ein tätigkeitsbasierter Ansatz zur Erklärung von Chancenungleichheit beim Homeofficezugang
Die Möglichkeiten der digitalen Vernetzung und standortunabhängigen Kommunikation in der Arbeitswelt lassen eine zunehmende Bedeutung von Homeoffice erwarten. Dabei sind die Chancen auf einen Homeofficezugang unter Beschäftigten ungleich verteilt. Bei der Erklärung dieser Chancenungleichheit kommt der Ebene des ausgeübten Berufs eine eigenständige Bedeutung zu. Die Analysen auf Basis der repräsentativen Erwerbstätigenbefragung des Bundesinstituts…
Immigrants' Chances of Being Hired at Times of Skill Shortages: Results from a Factorial Survey Experiment Among German Employers
Within the context of increasing international labour migration, this article analyses immigrants’ chances of being hired in a foreign country by identifying key criteria in employers’ recruitment decisions. We focus on the German labour market because the prospering economy and demographic change led to an increase in the number of vacant positions, particularly in medium-skilled occupations. The German government, therefore, facilitated labour …
The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Forced answering (FA) is a frequent answer format in online surveys that forces respondents to answer each question in order to proceed through the questionnaire. The underlying rationale is to decrease the amount of missing data. Despite its popularity, empirical research on the impact of FA on respondents’ answering behavior is scarce and has generated mixed findings. In fact, some quasi-experimental studies showed that FA has detrimental conse…
Berufliche Zugänge zum Homeoffice: Ein tätigkeitsbasierter Ansatz zur Erklärung von Chancenungleichheit beim Homeofficezugang
Die Möglichkeiten der digitalen Vernetzung und standortunabhängigen Kommunikation in der Arbeitswelt lassen eine zunehmende Bedeutung von Homeoffice erwarten. Dabei sind die Chancen auf einen Homeofficezugang unter Beschäftigten ungleich verteilt. Bei der Erklärung dieser Chancenungleichheit kommt der Ebene des ausgeübten Berufs eine eigenständige Bedeutung zu. Die Analysen auf Basis der repräsentativen Erwerbstätigenbefragung des Bundesinstituts…
Immigrants' Chances of Being Hired at Times of Skill Shortages: Results from a Factorial Survey Experiment Among German Employers
Within the context of increasing international labour migration, this article analyses immigrants’ chances of being hired in a foreign country by identifying key criteria in employers’ recruitment decisions. We focus on the German labour market because the prospering economy and demographic change led to an increase in the number of vacant positions, particularly in medium-skilled occupations. The German government, therefore, facilitated labour …
Gender overeducation gap in the digital age: Can spatial flexibility through working from home close the gap
This study analyses the gender overeducation gap, meaning differences between partnered men and women in the degree of holding a job with lower requirements compared to one's own education, and how working from home (WfH) affects overeducation. Contextualising education-job mismatches in the digital age, we update an old topic of labour market research considering new options of spatial flexibility via WfH. Using a unique German dataset of the co…
Immigrants' Chances of Being Hired at Times of Skill Shortages: Results from a Factorial Survey Experiment Among German Employers
Within the context of increasing international labour migration, this article analyses immigrants’ chances of being hired in a foreign country by identifying key criteria in employers’ recruitment decisions. We focus on the German labour market because the prospering economy and demographic change led to an increase in the number of vacant positions, particularly in medium-skilled occupations. The German government, therefore, facilitated labour …
The Impact of Forced Answering and Reactance on Answering Behavior in Online Surveys
Forced answering (FA) is a frequent answer format in online surveys that forces respondents to answer each question in order to proceed through the questionnaire. The underlying rationale is to decrease the amount of missing data. Despite its popularity, empirical research on the impact of FA on respondents’ answering behavior is scarce and has generated mixed findings. In fact, some quasi-experimental studies showed that FA has detrimental conse…
Berufliche Zugänge zum Homeoffice: Ein tätigkeitsbasierter Ansatz zur Erklärung von Chancenungleichheit beim Homeofficezugang
Die Möglichkeiten der digitalen Vernetzung und standortunabhängigen Kommunikation in der Arbeitswelt lassen eine zunehmende Bedeutung von Homeoffice erwarten. Dabei sind die Chancen auf einen Homeofficezugang unter Beschäftigten ungleich verteilt. Bei der Erklärung dieser Chancenungleichheit kommt der Ebene des ausgeübten Berufs eine eigenständige Bedeutung zu. Die Analysen auf Basis der repräsentativen Erwerbstätigenbefragung des Bundesinstituts…
Social relations and employees' rejection of working from home: A social exchange perspective
Why do employees prefer working on‐site rather than working from home (WfH)? This article examines how personal concerns at the level of social relationships affect rejection of WfH. Using a large‐scale representative survey of employees in Germany ( N = 4448), we apply logistic regression analyses to examine, first, the association between employees' social relationships at work and rejection of WfH and, second, the moderating effects of social …
Gender overeducation gap in the digital age: Can spatial flexibility through working from home close the gap
This study analyses the gender overeducation gap, meaning differences between partnered men and women in the degree of holding a job with lower requirements compared to one's own education, and how working from home (WfH) affects overeducation. Contextualising education-job mismatches in the digital age, we update an old topic of labour market research considering new options of spatial flexibility via WfH. Using a unique German dataset of the co…
Is More Really More? Evidence of a Curvilinear Relationship between the Extent of Telework and Employees’ Temporal Alignment of Work and Private Life in Germany
Studies exploring not only whether, but also to what extent, telework can improve employees’ ability to coordinate private and work-related demands are largely absent. Using a probability-based large-scale survey of employees in Germany (N = 14,999), this study provides evidence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between the extent of telework and employees’ temporal alignment of work and private life, i.e., their success in considering persona…
Working from home and health complaints: On the difference between telework and informal overtime at home
Background: With the increase in the prevalence of working from home (WFH), understanding its impact on health has become more relevant. However, the possibility that health effects may depend on the specific WFH arrangement has largely been ignored in research. Objective: The aim of this study is to offer a differentiated view of WFH by distinguishing between informal overtime at home and telework during recognized working time when assessing it…
Psychology (5 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Labour economics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · German (2 works)