The Paradox of Work and Home Segmentation
Separating work from home life is seen as a way of achieving psychological detachment from work that allows workers to restore the energy they deplete from work and maintain high levels of well-being, particularly through minimising conflict between work and nonwork domains. My research, with colleagues across three universities, found support for this causal chain […]
First Findings of the ‘Work-Life Balance and the Pandemic’ Study Amongst University Employees
“Well-being amongst university employees fell between May and September 2020, and increased loneliness and an inability to detach from work accounted for this.” This is a key result from Professor Wood’s study of well-being amongst university employees, academics and non-academics, working at home during the pandemic. Employees completed a diary study over a four-week periods, […]
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