Working from home in the form of hybrid work is becoming an increasingly common reality, offering numerous advantages as well as challenges. My master's thesis examines one of the main challenges: the blurring of boundaries between work and home, which is addressed through work-home separation strategies, or segmentation strategies. Unlike demographic and personality characteristics or organizational work policies, which are harder to change, these strategies provide actionable knowledge accessible to every employee. I also explored the role of psychological detachment as a key form of work recovery, since it can contribute to life satisfaction, the dependent variable in my research. The study sample comprised 344 employees who have been working from home for at least the past two months, at least once or twice a week. To study segmentation strategies, I developed a questionnaire measuring four categories: behavioral, temporal, physical and communication strategies. The data were analyzed using multiple regression, revealing several conclusions. Notably, temporal strategies emerged as the only category explaining both detachment and life satisfaction. Psychological detachment was identified as the strongest predictor of life satisfaction, significantly reducing the predictive power of segmentation strategies and entirely nullifying the predictive power of temporal strategies. This finding suggests a potential mediating role of psychological detachment in the relationship between segmentation, particularly temporal strategies, and life satisfaction, which is a topic worth further exploration. However, job satisfaction was not related to any of the independent variables. The results of this research provide guidelines for developing targeted workshops based on temporal strategies, benefiting employees who are already working or will be working from home in the future.
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