The Home as Productive Place? Investigating Individual Work While Working From Home

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• Motivation
• Theoretical background
• Deep individual work (DIW)
• Knowledge worker productivity
• Enforced working from home (EWFH)
• Affordance theory
• Research methodology
• Literature search and review
• Interviews
• Results of the literature review
• Overview of the selected literature
• Concentration in EWFH settings
• Tasks suitable for DIW in EWFH settings
• Longer, foreseeable, interruption-free phases in EWFH settings
• DIW in EWFH settings
• Results of the interviews
• Demographics
• Concentration in EWFH settings
• Tasks suitable for DIW in EWFH settings
• Longer, foreseeable, interruption-free phases in EWFH settings
• DIW in EWFH settings
• Linking the DIW phases of higher quality to productivity
• Limitations, further research and reflection
• Conclusion

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This bachelor thesis examines the role of individual work while working from home, specifically focusing on the concept of deep individual work (DIW) in enforced working from home (EWFH) settings. It investigates the factors that influence the ability to engage in DIW in home environments and how these factors relate to knowledge worker productivity.

• The impact of EWFH on deep individual work (DIW)
• The role of affordances in facilitating or hindering DIW in home settings
• The relationship between DIW and knowledge worker productivity in EWFH settings
• The influence of factors like concentration, task suitability, and interruption-free phases on DIW
• The potential benefits and challenges of engaging in DIW while working from home.

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The thesis starts by defining the concept of DIW and its relevance to knowledge worker productivity, exploring the implications of EWFH on DIW. It then outlines the research methodology, encompassing a literature review and interviews with individuals working from home. The literature review analyzes existing research on DIW in EWFH settings, focusing on the factors affecting concentration, suitable tasks, and interruption-free phases. Subsequently, the thesis presents the results of the interviews, examining the experiences and perspectives of individuals regarding DIW in EWFH settings.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

The key themes and concepts explored in this thesis include deep individual work (DIW), enforced working from home (EWFH), knowledge worker productivity, affordance theory, concentration, interruption-free phases, task suitability, and the challenges and benefits of DIW in home environments.