Mobile Arbeitsformen aus Sicht von Betrieben und Beschäftigten: Homeoffice bietet Vorteile, hat aber auch Tücken

The ongoing digitisation of workplaces is accompanied by a public debate about the pros and cons of mobile work arrangements. Employees working off-site, however, are still a minority among all employees. In Germany, around a quarter of establishments provide mobile work arrangements for their employees. Only 10 per cent of the employees actually work from home, though – and some of them, only occasionally. This raises the question of why mobile work is not more prevalent even when the conditions are available for it. With a special focus on working-from-home arrangements, the authors use representative employer and employee surveys to investigate the recent prevalence and intensity of mobile work in general. The advantages and disadvantages of working-from-home are shown, and various explanations for the low level of mobile work arrangements are discussed.

Susanne Steffes and Stefanie Wolter (2019), Mobile Arbeitsformen aus Sicht von Betrieben und Beschäftigten: Homeoffice bietet Vorteile, hat aber auch Tücken, IAB Kurzberichte, Nürnberg