The Effects of Home-Based Teleworking on Work-Family Conflict

Susan R. Madsen, Utah Valley University

Abstract

A key issue in HRD is to identify and determine factors that influence the performance of employees and organizations. Two possible factors are the initiation of teleworking and the reduction of work-family conflict. The purpose of this survey questionnaire study was to investigate the differences in work-family conflict between full-time worksite employees and full-time teleworking employees (individuals who worked from home at least 2 days per week). Two hundred and twenty-one usable surveys were returned from full-time teleworkers and nonteleworkers in 7 corporate organizations. The findings indicate that teleworkers had lower levels of various dimensions of work-family conflict. Relationships were also found between work-family conflict and gender, health, number of hours worked, and number of children.