How do Singaporean professionals experience time-spatial job crafting when working from home?

This study aimed to explore the experiences and views of Singaporean professionals on time-spatial job crafting in an Asian context when they work from home. Nine professionals working in various functions in the financial services industry were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. Analysis of the narratives uncovered three main themes, which are “Proactive planning”, “Conservative designing” and “Work-home adjustment”, with corresponding subthemes respectively. Participants shared their opinion on how they decided on their job tasks, and how they decided on when and where to carry out their job tasks when they worked from home. Additionally, they shared their views and experiences with work from home arrangements and hybrid work arrangements. Participants demonstrated the three components of time?spatial job crafting which are reflection, selection, and adaptation, to a certain extent when they worked from home. They highlighted their preferences for a balance between work from home and going back to office in view of the flexibility that working from home brings and the social connection with colleagues in the office. They were conservative in their choice of work location and workspace and tended to plan private activities without affecting work hours and requirements. Participants demonstrated adjustment of activities within the workday to cater to familial and personal needs. The discussion includes recommendations for organizations to build an organizational climate which clearly communicates the expectations of work from home arrangements to improve employees’ remote working experiences, and to enhance employees’ job crafting knowledge and behaviour through training.