Purpose

This paper examines an employee's recovery process in the remote-working context. It explores which elements of remote work are energy-consuming for employees and what action they can take to instigate the essential recovery strategy of psychological detachment.

Design/methodology/approach

The study adopts a qualitative research approach based on 89 semi-structured interviews with employees working from home with six large corporations from multiple industries. The data were interpreted using thematic analysis.

Findings

The study identifies a main theme – the energy-consuming elements of remote work – and three sub-themes: extended working hours, intensive working and reduced social support. Each theme incorporates elements controlled by individuals (internal) and those beyond their control (external). Second, the authors identified strategies that helped individuals to detach from work, and devised four sub-themes, the authors labeled cognitive controlling, physical disconnection from work, time-bound routines and non-work activities.

Originality/value

This is the first study to focus on recovery as a process in the context of remote working, and it contributes to the knowledge of psychological detachment and strategies for recovery and to the literature on contemporary remote working.

中文翻译：

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远程工作的恢复之路。远程工作耗能因素的认知及心理疏离的自我提升策略的探索

目的

本文研究了员工在远程工作环境中的恢复过程。它探讨了远程工作的哪些要素对员工来说是消耗精力的，以及他们可以采取哪些行动来激发心理疏离的基本恢复策略。

设计/方法论/途径

该研究采用定性研究方法，对来自多个行业的六家大公司在家工作的员工进行了 89 次半结构化访谈。使用主题分析来解释数据。

发现

该研究确定了一个主题——远程工作的能源消耗要素——和三个子主题：延长工作时间、密集工作和减少社会支持。每个主题都包含个人控制的元素（内部）和个人无法控制的元素（外部）。其次，作者确定了帮助个人脱离工作的策略，并设计了四个子主题，作者将其标记为认知控制、与工作的身体脱节、有时限的例行公事和非工作活动。

原创性/价值

这是第一项将恢复作为远程工作背景下的过程的研究，它有助于了解心理疏离和恢复策略以及当代远程工作的文献。