In:
KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 72, No. S1 ( 2020-09), p. 511-534
Abstract:
Possibilities of digital networking and location-independent communication in the world of work have led to the expectation of the increasing importance of the home office. However, the chances of access to the home office are unequally distributed among employees. In explaining this inequality of opportunity, the level of the occupation exercised has independent significance. Analyses based on the representative Employment Survey of the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) from 2018 show that it is mainly tasks within the occupations that characterize access to the home office. The opportunity for home office access increases with the extent of cognitive tasks at work, whereas manual tasks reduce this opportunity. The results also point to the importance of specific individual tasks that enable access to the home office (e.g., processing emails, researching or consulting, investigation) or rather prevent access (e.g., catering, cleaning, or care work). Also, the influence of occupational tasks on home office access depends on the size of the company. With these findings, the exploratory study closes a research gap and supplements the knowledge about occupational effects in the context of unequal opportunities on the labor market.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0023-2653
,
1861-891X
DOI:
10.1007/s11577-020-00669-0
Language:
German
Publisher:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Date:
2020
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202951-0
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2075804-2
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1
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2,1
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3,4
SSG:
5,2
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