Engaging the Flexibility Paradox: Working from Home and Work-Family Conflict Among Working Adults in South Africa

Kwaku Abrefa Busia (), Pascal Agbadi () and Zitha Mokomane ()
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Kwaku Abrefa Busia: Lingnan University
Pascal Agbadi: Lingnan University
Zitha Mokomane: The University of Pretoria

Chapter Chapter 7 in Work-Life Balance in Africa, 2023, pp 139-163 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Working from homeWorking from home is widely embraced by many workers and organisations as a useful strategy for achieving better work-life balance. As evidenced by the exigencies of the COVID-19 pandemicCOVID-19 pandemic, working from home has become a new norm for many working adults, as flexible workingFlexible working arrangements continue to hold sway across many countries. That said, recent debates in the work-family literature suggest that home-based telecommuting presents a paradox whereby such work arrangements potentially increase workers’ experiences of work-family conflict, resulting in poor work-life balance. Drawing from retrospective secondary data on South African workers (n = 727) in the 2015 International Social Survey Programme, this study provides evidence of the relationship between working from home and work-family conflict. Our study results show that working from home during usual working hours increased work-to-family conflict (B = 0.150, p

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38008-2_7

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