Work-Family Conflict in The Digital Workplace: A Field Study To Measure The Effect of Remote and Flexible Schedule Work on Work-Family Conflict

Year 2025, Volume: 27 Issue: 2, 561 - 586, 18.08.2025

Büşra Koru Uzkurt

https://doi.org/10.26745/ahbvuibfd.1582535

Abstract

Internet-based technologies play a major role in transforming modern working life in terms of flexibility and accessibility. The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of remote working and flexible work schedules on employees' work-family life balance as a result of the widespread use of digital technologies in the business world. The research data were collected through a survey method among private sector employees in Ankara. The sample of the study was selected through a snowball sampling method among employees with remote and flexible work schedules. As a result of the data analyzed using the SPSS program, it was seen that regular working hours increased work-family conflict, while flexible working hours reduced this conflict. It has been determined that flexible workplace policies can have negative effects on work-family life balance and create difficulties in managing time and behavior. It has been found that those who can schedule their own working hours experience higher levels of work-family conflict. Those who work from home scored higher on work-family conflict and lower on family-work conflict.

Keywords

Schedule Flexibility , Remote Work , Work-Family Conflict

Dijital İşyerinde İş-Aile Çatışması: Uzaktan ve Esnek Programlı Çalışmanın İş-Aile Çatışmasına Etkisini Ölçmeye Yönelik Alan Araştırması

Abstract

İnternet tabanlı teknolojiler, modern çalışma hayatının esneklik ve erişilebilirlik açısından dönüşümünde büyük bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, dijital teknolojilerin iş dünyasında yaygınlaşmasının bir sonucu olarak uzaktan çalışma ve esnek çalışma programlarının, çalışanların iş ve aile hayatı dengesi üzerindeki etkilerini incelemektir. Araştırma verileri, Ankara'da özel sektör çalışanları arasında anket yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Çalışmanın örneklemi, uzaktan ve esnek çalışma programlarına sahip çalışanlar arasından kartopu örneklem yöntemi ile seçilmiştir. SPSS programı kullanılarak analiz edilen veriler sonucunda, düzenli çalışma saatleri, iş-aile çatışmasını artırırken, esnek çalışma saatlerinin bu çatışmayı azalttığı görülmüştür. Esnek işyeri politikalarının, iş ve aile yaşam dengesine olumsuz etkileri olabileceği ve zaman ile davranış yönetiminde zorluklar yaratabileceği belirlenmiştir. Çalışma sürelerini kendileri programlayabilenlerin iş-aile çatışmasını daha yüksek oranda yaşadıkları tespit edilmiştir. Evden çalışanlar, iş-aile çatışmasında daha yüksek puan alırken, aile-iş çatışmasında daha düşük puan almıştır.

Keywords

Program Esnekliği , Uzaktan Çalışma , İş-Aile Çatışması

Ethical Statement

06.12.2023 tarihinde “Dijital İşyerinde İş-Aile Çatışması” adlı çalışman Polis Akademisi Başkanlığı Etik Kurulu tarafından onaylanmıştır.

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