Has COVID‐19 changed gender‐ and parental‐status‐specific differences in working from home? To answer this question, we used data from the Institute for Employment Research High‐Frequency Online Personal Panel collected in Germany in the early stages of the pandemic (May–August...

Work-related use of digital information and communication technology (ICT) is not restricted to specific working sites and times. For employees, this can involve opportunities for flexible working, that is, having control over when and where to work. Applying an organisational comparative...

This study examines the effect of working time flexibility and autonomy on time adequacy using the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) in 2010. Drawing on gender theory and welfare state theory, gender differences and the institu-tional contexts of the UK, Sweden, Germany and the...

To be able to combine work with activities and duties outside the workplace successfully, employees need time adequacy. Time adequacy is the fit between working time and all other time demands and can be achieved through working time flexibility and autonomy. However, past research has shown...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011), the author scrutinizes the relations between womenś and menś flexibility and autonomy in working time and two central work outcomes: overtime and income. Previously, research on flexibility and...

Work organizations are increasingly under pressure to offer home-based working. However, there is inconsistent evidence on whether granting employees to work from home is a business case increasing their organizational commitment. Analysis of the representative German Linked Personnel Panel...

Fördert Homeoffice die Work-Life Balance oder führt die Arbeit von zu Hause eher zu Konflikten zwischen Beruf und Familie? Das kommt auch auf die vom Betrieb gesetzten Rahmenbedingungen an. Welche Bedingungen tragen dazu bei, dass Homeoffice die Work-Life Balance verbessert bzw. Probleme in...

Flexible Arbeitsarrangements können die Vereinbarkeit von Erwerbsarbeit mit außerberuflichen Tätigkeiten erleichtern. Gleitzeit, völlig selbstbestimmte Arbeitszeiten und Homeoffice können Beschäftigten mehr Autonomie geben und somit die Möglichkeit, ihre Erwerbsarbeit an ihr Familienleben...

Flexibilität und Autonomie in der Arbeitszeit haben das Potenzial, Beschäftigte in ihrer Work-Life Balance zu unterstützten. Aber tun sie das auch tatsächlich? Forschungsergebnisse zeigen: Flexibilität und Autonomie in der Arbeitszeit sind generell mit einer guten Work-Life Balance...