DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-082-5-0130
Review of Research on Work-Life Balance in the Digital Workplace Environment
- Gregor Koprna
ORCID...1, Zdeňka Konečná
ORCID...1 - 1 Department of Management, Faculty of Business and Management, Brno University of Technology, Kolejní 2906/4, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Digitalisation has transformed how work is organised, managed, and experienced in recent years. These changes, reflected in emerging digital workplace environments, have blurred the boundaries between professional and private life, making work-life balance a critical aspect of sustainable employment. This study reviews and synthesises recent academic research on work-life balance in digital workplace environments to identify key research trends and gaps. A systematic literature review is used as a method to achieve the research objective. Fifty-six articles were identified as relevant using the PRISMA method and then grouped into four clusters based on the research streams – technology, telework and work-life balance, organisational and managerial factors, individual resources and coping mechanisms, and structural and contextual trends. The findings will contribute to both academic and practical debate by clarifying current research trends and highlighting opportunities to develop more sustainable, human-centred approaches to digital work.
Klíčová slova: Digital Workplace, Work-Life Balance, Technostress, Remote Work, Management
stránky: 130-137, online: 2026
Reference
- BARBER, L. K., SANTUZZI, A. M. 2015. Please respond ASAP: workplace telepressure and employee recovery. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 20(2), 172-189. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0038278
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - BARLEY, S. R., MEYERSON, D. E., GRODAL, S. 2011. E-mail as a source and symbol of stress. Organization Science. 22(4), 887-906. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1100.0573
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - CIOFFI, G., BALDUCCI, C., TODERI, S. 2025. Digital stress-preventive management competencies: definition, identification and tool development for research and practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22(2), 267. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph22020267
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - DERKS, D., BAKKER, A. B. 2012. Smartphone use, work-home interference, and burnout: a diary study on the role of recovery. Applied Psychology. 63(3), 411-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00530.x
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - DERY, K., SEBASTIAN, I. M., VAN DER MEULEN, N. 2017. The digital workplace is key to digital innovation. MIS Quarterly Executive. 16(2), 135-152. https://research.ebsco.com/c/amo32b/search/details/lsolcq7p3j?db=bth
- DETTMERS, J. 2017. How extended work availability affects well-being: the mediating roles of psychological detachment and work-family conflict. Work & Stress. 31(1), 24-41. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2017.1298164
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - EUROFOUND. 2021. Right to disconnect: exploring company practices. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publications/all/right-disconnect-exploring-company-practices
- LEROUGE, L., TRUJILLO PONS, F. 2022. Contribution to the study on the "right to disconnect" from work: Are France and Spain examples for other countries and EU law? European Labour Law Journal. 13(3), 450-465. https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525221105102
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - MARSH, E., VALLEJOS, E. P., SPENCE, A. 2024. Digital workplace technology intensity: qualitative insights on employee wellbeing impacts of digital workplace job demands. Frontiers in Organizational Psychology. 2, 1392997. https://doi.org/10.3389/forgp.2024.1392997
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - MAZMANIAN, M., ORLIKOWSKI, W. J., YATES, J. 2013. The autonomy paradox: the implications of mobile email devices for knowledge professionals. Organization Science. 24(5), 1337-1357. https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/112333/Yates_The%20Autonomy.pdf
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - MCDOWALL, A., KINMAN, G. 2017. The new nowhere land? A research and practice agenda for the "always on" culture. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance. 4(3), 256-266. https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-05-2017-0045
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - MESSENGER, J. 2019. Telework in the 21st century. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789903751
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - OECD. 2021. Teleworking in the COVID-19 pandemic: trends and prospects. Paris: OECD Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1787/72a416b6-en
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - SONNENTAG, S., FRITZ, C. 2007. The recovery experience questionnaire: development and validation of a measure for assessing recuperation and unwinding from work. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 12(3), 204-221. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-8998.12.3.204
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - SPAGNOLI, P., MOLINO, M., MOLINARO, D., GIANCASPRO, M. L., MANUTI, A., GHISLERI, C. 2020. Workaholism and technostress during the COVID-19 emergency: the crucial role of leaders on remote working. Frontiers in Psychology. 11, 620310. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.620310
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - TARAFDAR, M., COOPER, C. L., STICH, J. 2019. The technostress trifecta: techno eustress, techno distress and design - theoretical directions and an agenda for research. Information Systems Journal. 29(1), 6-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12169
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - TARAFDAR, M., TU, Q., RAGU-NATHAN, B. S., RAGU-NATHAN, T. S. 2007. The impact of technostress on role stress and productivity. Journal of Management Information Systems. 24(1), 301-328. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40398890
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - WAJCMAN, J., BITTMAN, M., BROWN, J. E. 2008. Families without borders: mobile phones, connectedness and work-home divisions. Sociology. 42(4), 635-652. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038508091620
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - WANG, B., LIU, Y., QIAN, J., PARKER, S. K. 2021. Achieving effective remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic: a work design perspective. Applied Psychology. 70(1), 16-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12290
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - WILLIAMS, S. P., SCHUBERT, P. 2018. Designs for the digital workplace. Procedia Computer Science. 138, 478-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.10.066
Přejít k původnímu zdroji... - WRC. 2021. Code of practice for employers and employees on the right to disconnect. Dublin: Workplace Relations Commission. https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en/what_you_should_know/codes_practice/code-of-practice-for-employers-and-employees-on-the-right-to-disconnect.pdf

