Edinburgh Napier University

  New and advancing technologies challenge the requirements and possibilities for work practices and the ways in which people carry out their roles. Modern technologies and digitalisation have also led to an increase in autonomous and flexible working practices. However, while the flexibility associated with digital technologies is increasingly regarded by organisations and managers as ‘a good thing’, the corresponding impact on employees’ work patterns, work-life balance and wellbeing is often neglected in theory and practice. Our research comprised a diary study of 41 participants and its purpose was to develop a better understanding of how digitalisation influences employees’ day-to-day lives.