Managing collapsed boundaries in global work
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Title
Managing collapsed boundaries in global work
Subject
affordances, boundary management, communication technology, global work, remote work, office space
Description
Global workers have long contended with the challenges of working across geographical, temporal, and cultural boundaries enabled by communi-
cation technologies. However, the global work research has rarely intersected with the literature on work–home boundary management—which
has been brought to the forefront due to the forced move to remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on a qualitative field study of
55 in-depth interviews with global workers from a large organization headquartered in the Nordics, we found that global workers drew on socio-
material affordances to manage both global work and work–home boundaries through strategies of boundary support and boundary collapse.
Although the shift to remote work created challenges due to boundary collapse, it presented new spatiotemporal affordances that led to unex-
pected benefits for both global work and work–life boundary management. The findings have implications for global work, remote work, and the
future of work more broadly.
cation technologies. However, the global work research has rarely intersected with the literature on work–home boundary management—which
has been brought to the forefront due to the forced move to remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Drawing on a qualitative field study of
55 in-depth interviews with global workers from a large organization headquartered in the Nordics, we found that global workers drew on socio-
material affordances to manage both global work and work–home boundaries through strategies of boundary support and boundary collapse.
Although the shift to remote work created challenges due to boundary collapse, it presented new spatiotemporal affordances that led to unex-
pected benefits for both global work and work–life boundary management. The findings have implications for global work, remote work, and the
future of work more broadly.
Creator
Anu Sivunen 1,*, Jennifer L. Gibbs 2
, Jonna Leppa ̈ kumpu
, Jonna Leppa ̈ kumpu
Source
https://doi.org/10.1093/jcmc/zmad019
Date
11 April 2023
Contributor
PERI IRAWAN
Format
PDF
Language
ENGLISH
Type
TEXT
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Collection
Citation
Anu Sivunen 1,*, Jennifer L. Gibbs 2
, Jonna Leppa ̈ kumpu, “Managing collapsed boundaries in global work,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed May 22, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/8688.