Enacting virtual connections between work and home
Wajcman, Judy and Rose, Emily and Brown, Jude and Bittman, Michael (2010) Enacting virtual connections between work and home. Journal of Sociology, 46 (3). pp. 257-275. ISSN 1440-7833 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1440783310365583)
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The potential for information and communication technologies to reorganize time and space has emerged as a key theme in social theory. Affordances of the Internet mean that it has the capacity to affect temporal and spatial boundaries dividing work and home. Some theorists express concern that this may extend work into times normally reserved for family life, while others argue the Internet can encourage flexible work practices and result in better work—life balance. Focusing on a nationally representative sample of Australian employees, we examine the purpose and timing of Internet use and its role in the interaction between these domains. We demonstrate that the Internet is being used for personal purposes during work time to a greater extent than for work purposes during non-work time. Furthermore, we show that use of the Internet for work purposes outside work hours can assist work—family balance.
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Wajcman, Judy, Rose, Emily ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3719-6428, Brown, Jude and Bittman, Michael;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 45872 Dates: DateEventSeptember 2010PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Sociology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 13 Nov 2013 13:22 Last modified: 22 Sep 2024 03:32 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/45872