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Work/Family Border Theory: A New Theory of Work/Family Balance

Sue Campbell Clark
- 01 Jun 2000 - 
- Vol. 53, Iss: 6, pp 747-770
TLDR
Work/family border theory as mentioned in this paper is a new theory about work/family balance that addresses how domain integration and segmentation, border creation and management, border-crosser participation, and relationships between bordercrossers and others at work and home influence work and family balance.
Abstract
This article introduces work/family border theory - a new theory about work/family balance. According to the theory, people are daily border-crossers between the domains of work and family. The theory addresses how domain integration and segmentation, border creation and management, border-crosser participation, and relationships between border-crossers and others at work and home influence work/family balance. Propositions are given to guide future research.

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