Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College London, Weston Education Centre, London, SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom.
Behavioural Science and Insights Unit, Evaluation & Translation Directorate, Science Group, UKHSA, Porton Down, Salisbury, SP4 0JG, United Kingdom.
J Occup Health. 2024 Jan 4;66(1). doi: 10.1093/joccuh/uiad013.
The concept of "working from home" is extremely topical following the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, it is unsurprising that there has been an increased interest in collating research related to homeworking. This has been carried out by multiple reviews, all with slightly different research aims and methodologies. Collating the findings from the available reviews is therefore highly beneficial to establish the experience of homeworking to create recommendations for the future of home-based work.
An umbrella review was carried out. In June 2022, literature searches were conducted across 4 electronic databases. Published reviews of literature that used a systematic process, were focused on working from home populations, and detailed factors that could be related to the personal experience of homeworking (eg, barriers, facilitators, advantages, disadvantages) were included.
A total of 1930 records were screened and 6 review articles were included. Results report on the following sections: working environment (eg, workplace design, space conditions), personal impact (eg, satisfaction, career impact), and health (eg, physical health, well-being) including a total of 19 themes. Mixed findings were apparent for nearly all included themes, highlighting the need to consider individual and contextual circumstances when researching working from home.
This review establishes the importance of retaining flexibility while homeworking for employees, managers, and organizations. Essentially, a one-size-fits-all approach to working from home is impractical as individual circumstances limit application. Eight recommendations for the future of working from home are suggested.
在 COVID-19 大流行之后，“在家工作”的概念变得非常热门；因此，人们对整理与在家工作相关的研究产生了浓厚的兴趣也就不足为奇了。这已经由多个综述完成，它们都有略微不同的研究目的和方法。因此，整理现有综述的研究结果对于确定在家工作的经验，为未来的基于家庭的工作制定建议非常有益。
进行了伞式综述。2022 年 6 月，在 4 个电子数据库中进行了文献检索。纳入了使用系统流程、关注在家工作人群、详细描述与在家工作个人体验相关的因素（例如，障碍、促进因素、优势、劣势）的文献综述。
共筛选出 1930 条记录，纳入了 6 篇综述文章。结果报告了以下几个方面：工作环境（例如，工作场所设计、空间条件）、个人影响（例如，满意度、职业影响）和健康（例如，身体健康、幸福感），包括 19 个主题。几乎所有纳入的主题都存在混合的发现，这突出表明在研究在家工作时需要考虑个人和背景情况。
该综述确定了在家工作时为员工、经理和组织保留灵活性的重要性。本质上，对于在家工作而言，一刀切的方法是不切实际的，因为个人情况限制了其应用。提出了关于未来在家工作的八项建议。
