Prioritizing seemingly urgent and important work and home demands.

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- Using other people
- Leveraging technology
- Invoking triage
- Allowing differential permeability
- Emulating office routine

Categories for Segmentation Strategies: Behavioral Tactics

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

Utilizing the skills and availability of other individuals.

Using Other People

Using technology to facilitate boundary work.

Example: setting timers as reminders

Leveraging Technology

Invoking Triage

Choosing which specific aspects of work-home life will/will not be permeable and deciding which parts of the home and work to keep overlapped. 

Allowing Differential Permeability

Recreating the on-site office environment, routines, and overall feel of “going to work.” 

Examples: 
- getting dressed in “real clothes” when working and putting on pajamas at the end of the workday
- going outside after work and then coming back home to feel like coming home from the office

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