Lived experience of teleworking of married public employees during the Corona virus epidemic with emphasis on work-life balance

The purpose of this article is to investigate the lived experience of teleworking of married employees during the outbreak of Corona virus from the perspective of work-life balance. This research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative and phenomenological in terms of approach. The statistical population includes married and male and female employees who have had teleworking experience in government offices in Tehran during the epidemic of coronavirus. In this statistical population, 14 employees were selected as a research sample using the snowball technique. The data collection method was in-depth semi-structured interview and for data analysis, phenomenological content analysis technique was used to understand the lived experience of employees. Findings showed that teleworking during the Covid19 epidemic reduced work-life conflict and improved the work-life balance for employees. The findings of the study indicate that male and female employees tend to accept teleworking, but the existence of infrastructure problems and the weakness of the teleworking culture and the resulting negative emotions have led to teleworking not being carried out properly. Therefore, the current experience of teleworking in the days of the Corona virus outbreak as a positive experience and a rich source of knowledge, can persuades the directors of public organizations to review the issue of forcing all employees to be full time at work and flexibility in working hours