Det gränslösa arbetet : - en kvalitativ undersökning om HR-chefersuppdelning av arbetsliv och fritid

Sammanfattning: As a result of the increased flexibility of today’s jobs higher demands are being put on the individuals to on their own create a distinction between the different spheres of work and leisure. Free working conditions generate both possibilities and stress for the employees. This essay examines and analyses the impacts and consequences of boundless labor. The purpose is to study how HR-Managers perceive boundless work and its effects. The issues this essay is based upon examines HR-Managers demarcation between leisure and work, and also on their experience of how leisure, close relatives and well-being is affected by boundless work. Previous research regarding the subject has shown that the transition between work and leisure is very significant to avoid the boundaries of both work and leisure to collide, something that is very common when you work from home. The evolution of technology has made it possible to be connected and available around the clock, this is also the biggest factor to why work in today’s society is portable. The flexibility creates an unhealthy stress among the employees. This study, which is based on seven interviews with different HR-Managers, shows that the effects of boundless work is individual, but that it is also influenced by the culture of the workplace and their own spatial arrangement. The study also shows that boundless work primarily has a negative effect on the human well-being and that it is often through the stress of high workload this occurs. When it comes to the impact on leisure, it is clear that the family is prioritized before the individuals own private interests.