TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the lived experience of workers who live in vans to explore how work and non-work interact when one's living environment is mobile.Design/methodology/approach In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were carried out with 18 participants. Thematic analysis of interview transcripts, coded while listening to each interview recording, provided a rich account of the interaction of work and non-work life domains.Findings Several themes were identified, including seeing the van as a home, hidden or disclosed identity stemming from living in a van, financial freedom, career freedom and work/non-work synchronization. Overall, findings suggest that flexible home arrangements, the relocation of one's home to adapt to work, aligned work and non-work domains to positively impact their overall work and non-work satisfaction, providing career freedom and expanded career opportunities.Research limitations/implications The understanding of workers who live in vans broadens one’s understanding of mobile work and the work/non-work interface, providing insight into the dual alignment of work and home to accommodate each other, which the authors term work/non-work synchronization.Originality/value This is one of the first studies to consider van living from a work and career perspective and for the first time conceptualizes the notion of flexible home arrangements.
VL  - 25
IS  - 7
SN  - 1362-0436
DO  - 10.1108/CDI-02-2020-0029
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/CDI-02-2020-0029
AU  - Duff Angus J.
AU  - Rankin Scott B.
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Exploring flexible home arrangements – an interview study of workers who live in vans
T2  - Career Development International
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 747
EP  - 761
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -