Using technology to facilitate boundary work.

Example: setting timers as reminders

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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

Leveraging Technology

Prioritizing seemingly urgent and important work and home demands.

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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