Work-Family Boundary Strategies: Stability and Alignment between Preferred and Enacted Boundaries

Autor/in	Ammons, Samantha K.
Titel	Work-Family Boundary Strategies: Stability and Alignment between Preferred and Enacted Boundaries
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 82 (2013) 1, S.49-58 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2012.11.002
Schlagwörter	Family Work Relationship; Employees; Interviews; Personal Autonomy; Preferences; Gender Differences; Parents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Individuelle Autonomie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Eltern
Abstract	Are individuals bounding work and family the way they would like? Much of the work-family boundary literature focuses on whether employees are segmenting or integrating work with family, but does not explore the boundaries workers would like to have, nor does it examine the fit between desired and enacted boundaries, or assess boundary stability. In this study, 23 respondents employed at a large Fortune 500 company were interviewed about their work-family boundaries before and after their teams underwent a cultural change initiative that sought to loosen workplace norms and allow employees more autonomy to decide when and where they performed their job tasks. Four distinct boundary strategies emerged from the data, with men and parents of young children having better alignment between preferred and enacted boundaries than women and those without these caregiving duties. Implications for boundary theory and research are discussed. (Contains 1 figure and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10