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Work/Family Border Theory: A New Theory of Work/Family Balance
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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.read more
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Work-family balance.
TL;DR: Work-family balance is a hot topic in the field of psychology as discussed by the authors, with a large body of work and non-work related work-family work-self-definitional boundaries.
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On the meaning of work: A theoretical integration and review
TL;DR: The meaning of work literature is the product of a long tradition of rich inquiry spanning many disciplines as discussed by the authors, and the field lacks overarching structures that would facilitate greater integration, consistency, and understanding of this body of research.
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The relation between work-family balance and quality of life
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relation between work-family balance and quality of life among professionals employed in public accounting and found that those who invested substantial time in their combined work and family roles, those who spent more time on family than work experienced a higher quality-of-life than balanced individuals.
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Telecommuting, Control, and Boundary Management: Correlates of Policy Use and Practice, Job Control, and Work-Family Effectiveness.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine professionals' use of telecommuting, perceptions of psychological job control, and boundary management strategies, and argue that work-family research should distinguish between descriptions of Xexibility use and how the individual psychologically experiences XExibility (perceived).
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Balancing borders and bridges: negotiating the work-home interface via boundary work tactics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated how people manage boundaries to negotiate the demands between work and home life and discovered and classified four types of boundary work tactics (behavioral, temporal, physical and communicative) that individuals utilized to help create their ideal level and style of work-home segmentation or integration.
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Processes Linking Work and Family: A Critical Review and Research Agenda
TL;DR: This paper reviewed the theoretical frameworks currently used to explain the processes through which work and family are linked, i.e., segmentation, compensation, and spillover, and argued that a fuller understanding of these processes is necessary to adequately evaluate the effectiveness of family supportive policies currently being implemented by many U.S. firms, as well as to identify additional strategies for helping workers find satisfaction in both their work and personal roles.
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A Model of Coping with Role Conflict: The Role Behavior of College Educated Women.
TL;DR: In this article, a model of role conflict coping behavior is presented based upon three levels in the role process: structural role redefining, personal role redefinition, changing one's expectations and perception of one's own behavior in a given position.
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Work experiences, job performance, and feelings of personal and family well-being
TL;DR: This article examined the interaction between job performance and specific work experiences on three indicators of personal and family well-being (marital adjustment, work-family conflict, and quality of life) among 336 accountants.
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Allocation of Investment in Work and Family Roles: Alternative Theories and Implications for Research
TL;DR: The process of people's investment in work and family roles is poorly understood as discussed by the authors, and investment in such roles has been considered the product of utilitarian motives, whereas an alternative perspective, derived from social identity theory, suggests that identity salience determines this investment.