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Digital multilocality: New modes of working between center and periphery in Switzerland

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 88; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jrurstud.2021.09.024

1873-1392

Reto Bürgin, Heike Mayer, Alexander Kashev, S. Haug,

Digital Economy and Work Transformation

The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) allows to work in multiple locations. The purpose of this article is to investigate how multilocal knowledge workers engage in work in the interplay of workplaces between cities and mountain regions. We follow a mixed methods approach with intertwined quantitative and qualitative data sources. The results show that working in the periphery using marginality can be beneficial and disadvantageous at the same time. Furthermore, marginality is seldom utilized for creativity but preferably for working undisturbed. This study contributes to the literature on marginality and flexible working between urban centers and rural peripheries in the digital age.