Flexibla arbetsförhållanden - en balansgång mellan privatliv och arbetsliv : En kvalitativ studie om arbetstagare med kreativt arbete

Sammanfattning: Purpose: The purpose of the study is to contribute to a broader understanding regarding of how and whether flexible working conditions in terms of time and space affect the balance and the boundary between personal and work life for employees with a creative work. The study also aims to investigate if there are any clashes between the employee's personal and work life and where such clashes occur. Literature review: The study is based on previous organisational research. In the section we present flexible working conditions, creative work, boundaries, balance and strategies. Method: The study is a qualitative study with mainly deductive elements. Some inductive approaches have also been used during the study. Five semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect the study's empirical data. The interviews were transcribed to ease the presentation of the results and to thematize the key concepts for the analysis. Results: The results section of the study presents the themes that are relevant for managing an analysis together with the literature review. Conclusions: The conclusions that are presented in the study are that there are few clashes between personal and working life. Mainly because the worker has difficulty to tell what is imbalance and what is a matter of course, but also that the worker actually is satisfied with the work situation. How the clashes are handled in order to reduce the a potential crash is through clear boundaries regarding both personal and working life. It turned out that the limits for the personal life were stronger towards the sphere of working life than working life is towards the sphere of personal life.