Home-based telecommuting and quality of life: further evidence on an employee-oriented human resource practice
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Building on previous research, further evidence for the potential of home-based telecommuting as an employee-oriented human resource practice is provided from a study in the German public administration. Survey data from 1,008 public employees were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Mean age of the sample was 43.6 yr. (SD = 8.8 yr.), and 27.5% (277) of the participants were women. Analysis supported the roles of higher Autonomy and lower Work-Family Conflict as psychological mediators between Telecommunication Intensity and both Job Satisfaction and Quality of Life. Implications for the design of flexible working arrangements are discussed.
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- Authors
- Hornung, S., & Glaser, J.
- Affiliations
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Hornung, Severin
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-04
- Volume
- 104
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 395-402
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2121481133
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 18
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2012: 3
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- 5.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Employee Performance and Management
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- quality of life, job satisfaction, work-family conflict, employee autonomy, flexible work arrangements, public sector employees
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Conflict, Psychological, Family Relations, Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Male, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Stress, Psychological, Telecommunications, User-Computer Interface, Workplace, Internet, Personal Autonomy
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