- physical boundaries facilitate segmentation 
- home office enhances privacy
- providing the psychological sense of “being at the office” 
- strengthening the relationship between segmentation preferences and work-nonwork balance 


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- establishing a dedicated workspace within home
- paying attention to the number of other individuals in the home 

Boundary Management Advice to Remote Workers

Allen, T. D., Merlo, K., Lawrence, R. C., Slutsky, J., &amp; Gray, C. E. (2021). Boundary Management and work‐nonwork balance while working from home. Applied Psychology, 70(1), 60–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12300

Boundary Management and Work-Nonwork Balance While Working from Home

Advantages of Establishing a Dedicated Workspace Within Home

- Living alone/Living with less people makes it easier to establish boundaries, benefiting remote workers with segmentation preferences.
 - An integrating supply, such as sharing both a workplace and a home with the same people, can be taxing to the remote workers who prefer segmentation. 
- Family members and roommates can increase noise in the home, interrupt workers with nonwork matters while they are working, and be a consistent reminder that the worker is at home rather than at the workplace. 
- The more household members who share the home with the worker, the more challenging it can be for workers who prefer segmentation to negotiate a firm work-nonwork boundary that meets their own needs. 

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