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“Mummy is in a Call”: Digital Technology and Executive Women’s Work–Life Balance

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  • Beáta Nagy

    (Institute of Communication and Sociology, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary)

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Research findings confirm the contradictory impact of mobile technology on work–life balance, as these tools both guarantee greater flexibility and contribute to blurring boundaries between private and working spheres. Several articles have been published on women executives’ work–life balance in Western countries; however, their usage of mobile devices remained almost unexplored in the post-socialist region, where in the wake of the transformation not only the unquestioned neoliberal change of the corporate sector but also refamilisation took place. This article gives an overview on the issue of how women executives make use of mobile technology during their everyday activities in Hungary, where not only are the signs of ‘corporate colonization’ present, but also motherhood plays an important role. Based on twenty semi-structured interviews with Hungarian women in senior management positions carried out in 2014 and 2015, the article discusses the perceptions and narratives explained by these women. Results contribute to the ongoing debate on the paradoxical impacts of modern technology on work–life balance and its specificities in the post-socialist context.

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  • Beáta Nagy, 2020. "“Mummy is in a Call”: Digital Technology and Executive Women’s Work–Life Balance," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(4), pages 72-80.
  • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v8:y:2020:i:4:p:72-80
    DOI: 10.17645/si.v8i4.2971
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