Purpose: The disruptions brought by COVID-19 pandemic compelled a large part of public sector employees to remotely work from home Home-based teleworking ensured the continuity of the provision of public services, reducing disruptions brought by the pandemic However, little is known about the implications of telecommuting from home on the ability of remote employees to manage the work-life interplay The article adopts a retrospective approach, investigating data provided by the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) to shed lights into this timely topic Design/methodology/approach: An empirical, quantitative research design was crafted On the one hand, the direct effects of telecommuting from home on work-life balance were investigated On the other hand, work engagement and perceived work-related fatigue were included in the empirical analysis as mediating variables which intervene in the relationship between telecommuting from home and work-life balance Findings: Home-based telecommuting negatively affected the work-life balance of public servants Employees who remotely worked from home suffered from increased work-to-life and life-to-work conflicts Telecommuting from home triggered greater work-related fatigue, which worsened the perceived work-life balance Work engagement positively mediated the negative effects of working from home on work-life balance Practical implications: Telecommuting from home has side effects on the ability of remote workers to handle the interplay between work-related commitments and daily life activities This comes from the overlapping between private life and work, which leads to greater contamination of personal concerns and work duties Work engagement lessens the perceptions of work-life unbalance The increased work-related fatigue triggered by remote working may produce a physical and emotional exhaustion of home-based teleworkers Originality/value: The article investigates the side effects of remotely working from home on work-life balance, stressing the mediating role of work engagement and work-related fatigue © 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited

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让我去办公室！调查在家工作对工作与生活平衡的副作用

目的：COVID-19大流行带来的破坏迫使大部分公共部门员工在家中远程工作基于家庭的远程办公确保了公共服务的连续性，从而减少了大流行带来的破坏。远程办公对远程员工管理工作与生活互动的能力的影响本文采用回顾性方法，调查了第六次欧洲工作条件调查（EWCS）提供的数据，以阐明这一及时的主题设计/方法/方法：制定了经验，定量研究设计。一方面，研究了远程办公对工作与生活平衡的直接影响；另一方面，工作参与和感知的与工作相关的疲劳作为中介变量纳入干预分析，这些变量会干预远程办公与家庭与工作与生活之间的关系。调查结果：基于家庭的远程办公对公务员的工作与生活之间的平衡产生负面影响在家工作导致生活与工作之间冲突的加剧，在家办公导致了与工作相关的更大疲劳，这加剧了人们感知的工作与生活平衡。工作投入积极地介导了在家工作对工作的负面影响，生活平衡实际意义：在家办公时，远程工作人员处理与工作有关的承诺与日常生活活动之间相互作用的能力会产生副作用，这是由于私人生活与工作之间存在重叠，这会导致对个人关注和工作职责的更大污染工作投入减少了工作与生活不平衡的感觉远程工作引发的与工作相关的疲劳加剧可能会使在家工作的远程工作人员身心疲惫。原创性/价值：本文调查在家进行远程工作对工作与生活平衡的副作用，强调工作参与和工作相关的疲劳的中介作用©2020，Emerald Publishing Limited本文调查了在家中远程工作对工作与生活平衡的副作用，强调了工作参与和与工作相关的疲劳的中介作用©2020，Emerald Publishing Limited本文调查了在家中远程工作对工作与生活平衡的副作用，强调了工作参与和与工作相关的疲劳的中介作用©2020，Emerald Publishing Limited