Few developments or events in recent decades have changed European societies as quickly and profoundly as the COVID-19 pandemic. Many policy analyses on COVID-19 have focused on the kinds of policies implemented to contain the spread of COVID-19 and their effectiveness in reducing the number of...

In diesem Policy-Brief werden Thesen und Handlungsempfehlungen formuliert, die sich mit den Neuerungen und damit einhergehenden Spannungsfeldern hinsichtlich der Ausweitung mobiler Arbeit im Zuge der COVID-19-Krise aus der Perspektive von Betriebsrät_innen befassen. Die empirischen Befunde...

In diesem Policy-Brief werden Thesen und Handlungsempfehlungen formuliert, die sich mit den Neuerungen und damit einhergehenden Spannungsfeldern hinsichtlich der Ausweitung mobiler Arbeit im Zuge der COVID-19-Krise aus der Perspektive von Betriebsrät_innen befassen. Die empirischen Befunde...

What is smart working? -- Changing work in a changing world -- Developing a strategic approach -- Business case, metrics and evaluation -- Who, where, when and why? -- The smart working workplace -- Working across the extended smart workplace -- Working in the virtual workplace -- Embedding a...

Mobile Work verspricht höhere Selbstbestimmung und Flexibilität für Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer. Zugleich ist die rechtliche Gestaltung entscheidend für die Realisierung des Zukunftsversprechens von Mobile Work. Das Handbuch legt den Schwerpunkt auf die Besonderheiten von Mobiler...

Purpose Smart device use for work during family time is a growing issue of concern and is likely exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors test a broad range of well-being outcomes (job anxiety, job depression and insomnia) to extend the literature. Work–family conflict was included as...

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit Anforderungen ortsgebundener mobiler Arbeit und den daraus resultierenden Belastungen. Die Diskussion um mobile Arbeit wird überwiegend vor dem Hintergrund zunehmender räumlicher und zeitlicher Gestaltungsspielräume von Wissensarbeiter/-innen geführt. In...

This working paper discusses different aspects of telework (i.e. arrangements that allow employees to work from alternative out-of office locations) based on a survey of international research and recent data from Statistics Sweden. Visions of a future where a large proportion of the workforce...

This article describes how knowledge workers no longer have physical and time boundaries between their work and personal lives. The boundary theory integration-segmentation continuum does not account for variations in both schedule flexibility and work and home boundary permeability. It is...

This report discusses various aspects of telework and virtual organization based on international research. Visions of a future, where a large proportion of the workforce is working on a distance from the office, have been around since the 1970s. However, telework has not received the extent...

Purpose Recent years have witnessed the birth and rapid development of “coworking” spaces that are likely to affect classic models of work and organizations. This paper aims to identify the crucial issues raised by this phenomenon, for both practitioners and researchers, in both management...

Purpose This purpose of this paper is to review the relationships between the physical and social characteristics of public and semi-public spaces and work behaviors of mobile knowledge workers employed by organizations. Design/methodology/approach This is a literature review of research from...

Abstract Entsandte Arbeitnehmer stellen kein grundsätzlich neues Phänomen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt dar. Historisch sind , Wanderarbeiter 4 gut dokumentiert. In der europäischen Union jedoch kommt Wanderarbeitern ein eigener Status zu, repräsentiert durch den Begriff „Posted Worker“. Mit der...

This article investigates the relationship between spatial mobility and the labour process, developing a typology of ‘mobile work’. Working while mobile is a largely white-collar (and well researched) phenomenon whereas mobility as work and mobility for work involve more diverse...