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...

Using data from the 2015/2016 German Family Panel (pairfam), this article examines the intra-individual and crossover effects of work contact in leisure time on satisfaction with work-life balance. Results of mediation analyses show that individuals who have work contact in leisure time are less...

Die Studie erforscht die betrieblichen Realisierungsbedingungen von lebensphasenorientierten Arbeitszeiten. Den Beschäftigten in Deutschland stehen Arbeitszeitoptionen wie Teilzeit, Elternzeit und weitere Freistellungsregelungen zur Verfügung, um ihre Arbeitszeiten an verschiedene Bedarfe im...

This study examines the extent to which the use of part-time work and parental leave is accepted in German workplaces for women and men as well as various work positions and professions. Interviews were conducted with 95 employees and 26 experts in hospitals, police stations and industrial...

The present study analyzes workers' reasons for not working from home in German workplaces. We ask to what degree cultural barriers, besides technical barriers, are reasons for not working from home. The analyses are based on the second wave (2014-15) of the German Linked Personnel Panel (LPP)....