ECONOMIC RESEARCH
TITLE
The Impact of Remote Work on the Parameters of Work, Family
and Personal Life of Russian Men
Natal'ya Vladimirovna Tonkikh, Tat'yana Aleksandrovna Kamarova, Ekaterina Alekseevna Chernykh
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https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_3_3_356_370
AUTHORS
Natal'ya Vladimirovna Tonkikh
Ural State University of Economics, Ekaterinburg, Russia
e-mail:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2957-7607
SPIN-код: 7756-5209
РИНЦ AuthorID: 291009
Researcher ID: O-9705-2018
Tat'yana Aleksandrovna Kamarova
Ural State University of Economics, Ekaterinburg, Russia
e-mail:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0087-9310
SPIN-код: 4255-7664
РИНЦ AuthorID: 624022
ResearcherID: ABC-9312-2021
Ekaterina Alekseevna Chernykh
Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Russia
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow Russia
e-mail:
OCRID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-487X
SPIN-код: 7693-1149
РИНЦ AuthorID: 473083
ResearcherID: AAF-7310-2021
FOR CITATION
Tonkikh N.V., Kamarova T.A., Chernykh E.A. The Impact of Remote Work on the Parameters of Work, Family and Personal Life of
Russian Men. Uroven' zhizni naseleniya regionov Rossii=Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia. 2024;20(3):356–370.
https://doi.org/10.52180/1999-9836_2024_20_3_3_356_370 (In Russ.)
ABSTRACT
The study focused on assessing the work, family and personal life parameters of men who switched to remote work during the COVID-19
pandemic. For this purpose, a survey was conducted using the author’s methodology, the results of which were compared with similar data
for women also working remotely. According to the results, the transition to remote work did not have a significant impact on the productivity
and income of respondents. Among the positive changes are savings in travel time, the ability to combine work with household chores and
flexible planning of working hours. However, negative aspects have also been identified, such as difficulties in separating work and personal
time, difficulties with motivation and concentration, as well as lack of communication with colleagues and problems with organizing the work
space at home. Particularly noticeable are the differences in respondents’ answers depending on the presence of children and belonging to
different job categories of employees. Men with children under 14 were more likely to have positive attitudes toward spending more time with
their children, but had difficulty concentrating on work tasks. It can be noted that the success of adaptation to a new work format depends
on the employee’s self-organization skills, as well as psychosocial factors. For some, working outside the office is an opportunity to spend
more time with family, and for others it is an opportunity for concentration and solitude; in some cases there was a lack of social component.
However, it is possible to level out the shortcomings and limitations, and this depends on the efforts of both the employees themselves,
including those aimed at reducing gender stereotypes, and on the active position of the employer.
KEYWORDS
remote employment, remote employment, men's employment, work, family and personal life, gender equality, pandemic, household responsibilities
AUTHORS BIOGRAFY
Natal'ya V. Tonkikh – PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Head of The Laboratory of Digital Employment and Organization of Labour
of The Department of Labor Economics and Personnel Management, Ural State University of Economics
Tat'yana A. Kamarova – PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Ural State University of Economics
Ekaterina A. Chernykh – PhD in Economics, Leading Research Worker of the Department of Socioeconomic Research of Living Standards
and Quality of Live at the Centre of Development of Human Potential at the RAS Institute of Economics; Leading Research Worker of the
Scientific Centre of Labour Economics at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics
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