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Work–life Balance and Working from Home

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2004

Tracey Crosbie  and
Jeanne Moore
Tracey Crosbie
Affiliation:
Psychology Section, School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA E-mail: j.m.moore@tees.ac.uk
Jeanne Moore
Affiliation:
Psychology Section, School of Social Sciences, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA E-mail: j.m.moore@tees.ac.uk
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Abstract

In recent years, there has been increasing focus on the question of how to balance work and life commitments in both academic and political debates. Homeworking is one initiative that has been promoted as a way of improving the work–life balance. This paper examines the experience of homeworking drawing on a recently completed ESRC study on homeworkers. Using the data from 45 interviews and 3 focus groups with homeworkers from different socio-economic backgrounds, it explores the question of whether working (or not) from home improves people's capacity to balance their work and life commitments.

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Social Policy and Society , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , July 2004 , pp. 223 - 233
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© Cambridge University Press 2004

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