After hours teleworking and boundary management – Effects on work-family conflict and exhaustion

摘要

This study examined how teleworking outside regular office hours,i.e. after hours, relates to work-family conflict and exhaustion. The study alsoexamined how the management of boundaries between work and non-workrelates to work-family conflict. A total of seventy-one fulltime employees froma multinational high-tech firm answered a web survey. Contrary to statedhypotheses, analyses revealed that the extent of teleworking after hours wasunrelated to work-family conflict and exhaustion. However, having morepermeable boundaries and allowing work to interrupt non-work behavior wasrelated to higher conflict. Practical implications and directions for futureresearch are discussed.