ACTION RESEARCH ABOUT TIME USAGE IN OFFICE WORKERS OF BOGOTA
Keywords:
Time, work, leisure, restingAbstract
This article reports on an action research study about the time use of workers in Bogota. The research study seeks to analyze three categories of daily activities of 19 office workers who work 8 hours per day by contrasting their percentage distribution of participation. Data were collected through surveys, a focus group, and a document inquiry. Expected findings might reveal that office workers do not have much free time to spend for themselves by in-person work than working at home, causing some dissatisfaction with the 8-hour traditional workday system. In conclusion, enterprises should let their employees have more leisure and free-time spaces to spend on their favorite activities, improving in this way their quality of life that would be affected by the impact of working from an office in Bogota.
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