Working from Home and Employee Perception of Career Prospects in Europe: the Gender and Family Perspectives

Agnieszka Kasperska

No 2022-31, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: This article examines the relationship between work from home and perceived career prospects for employees from 29 European countries, considering gender and family perspectives. The indicators of career prospects pertain to advancement prospects, job visibility, and rapport with a supervisor and colleagues. Multilevel modelling was applied to the cross-sectional data of the European Working Conditions Survey which was merged with the country-level Family Policies Sub-Index to grasp the potential moderating effect of national contexts. The findings indicate positive relationships between work from home and career prospects for men both fathers and non-fathers, and rather negative relationships for women, especially for mothers. Higher provision of work-family reconciliation measures and the prevalence of work from home are associated with better career prospects reported by both men and women. Varying relationships for different work from home frequencies are observed, with workers who work from home less frequently reporting better career prospects.

Keywords: career prospects; family; gender; promotion; remote work; working from home (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2022
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