| dc.description.abstract | This thesis aims to study the relationship between job demand and work–life balance
in a home office context, with the mediating and moderating role of JDCS, mental health, and
performance through data collected specifically in relation to remote working. The data that
was produced during the Covid-19 pandemic regarding home office is relatively new and
open to deeper analysis since it can give different results because of the context in which it
was collected.
The data analyzed was secondary data from OsloMet collected through a survey in
Norway during the Covid-19 pandemic. This survey had a total of 5038 respondents, but only
2578 of these were relevant to this study by answering questions related to our topic and
scope.
Several analysis was done to study this relationship, via testing different effects and
interactions related to it. A moderate correlation between job demand and work–life balance
was found. Job control and social support showed to not moderate the relationship, but
emotional exhaustion and workload partially mediated the relationship, while performance
did not.
Our study revealed that the perceived job demand can affect the work–life balance,
and be partially mediated through how emotional exhausted workers feel, and how well they
perceive they are handling their workload. The results also highlight the importance of
workers to differentiate between work- and non-work life in a home office context, to ensure
less negative spillover from one aspect of life to another. | |