JIANGHAN ACADEMIC ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 14-22.doi: 10.16388/j.cnki.cn42-1843/c.2023.03.002

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Reinvention and Adaptation:Relationship between Work and Family for Young Employees Working from Home

XING Yuzhou1,LI Lin2,WANG Xiaotao3   

  1. 1Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Beijing University of Technology,Beijing 100124;2China Rehabilitation Science Institute,China Disable Persons’Federation Social Service and Administration Center,Beijing 100068;3School of Social Development,Nanjing Normal University,Nanjing 210023
  • Received:2022-12-20 Online:2023-06-15 Published:2023-05-25

Abstract: Home quarantine and telecommuting have become a popular social phenomenon during the COVID-19 pandemic. How telecommuting affects people’s family life,specially,how the youth group adjust the relationship between work and family,has become a social focus. The research shows the timespace boundary between work and family life has been changed when young employees work from home,and the time-space boundary can be vague,distinct,or overlapping. As an active subject,young employees can take advantage of such boundary variation. Some center one their family and enhance family ties;some strive for a balance between work and family;and others trigger family problems when they focus on work,resulting in clashes by mishandling. On the one hand,family,as a basic social unit,displays social tenacity;on the other hand,it provides insights for constructing harmonious families and coping with social risks as well.

Key words: young employee, work from home, time-space boundary, family relationship

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