I see where you're coming from, but I think the nature of the workplace is changing in a way that is important to consider:

There has been (especially in the office-work world) a continuing integration between work and non-work. Peoples' individual identities are to a greater or lesser extent tied to the work they do. This is especially true where I work: a small non-proffit in the civil rights field. People here see their job as an extension of themselves, their priorities, and their beliefs. They happily take work home with them.

If the company, to any extent at all, is going to present an expectation that people will take work home with them, then it is only reasonable for employees to take home to work.

It's a tricky balancing act, to be sure. Managers need to look at long-term, project-based goals. If these are being accomplished in a timely fashion, and to the necessary degree of accuracy, then allowing employees leeway to budget their own time (read: treat them like adults) does only good.

If employees are at all expected to bring work home, to any degree whatever, but locked down to the point where it is impossible to bring home to work, they will (quite reasonably) feel slighted and undervalued.

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