Meaningful Work and Family

2019 ◽  
pp. 403-416
Author(s):  
Evgenia I. Lysova
Keyword(s):  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Role Salience ◽  
Harmonious Passion ◽  
Obsessive Passion ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Individual

Experiencing one’s work as meaningful is often assumed to benefit the individual, yet some scholars suggest that meaningful work can also be a very challenging experience, requiring individual sacrifice. These sacrifices may be borne by the family of the individual. The chapter reviews and integrates research on meaningful work, calling, and work–family interplay to better understand how the pursuit of meaningful work impacts one’s family. In so doing, it challenges overly positive perspectives on the outcomes of meaningful work, while revealing the scarcity of empirical research on the topic. To stimulate future research, person-related conditions are discussed, such as family role salience and identification, and harmonious passion and obsessive passion, in facilitating positive versus negative spillover between the work and family domain. The chapter concludes with a discussion of organization-related conditions shaping how meaningful work influences one’s family.

scholarly journals Provjera faktorske strukture hrvatske verzije upitnika „Fleksibilnost granica radne i obiteljske uloge“

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-203
Author(s):  
Maja Laklija ◽  
Slavica Blažeka Kokorić ◽  
Gordana Berc
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Family Obligations ◽  
Cronbach Alpha ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
The Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Employed Parents ◽  
Ability And Willingness

FACTORS’ STRUCTURE OF CROATIAN VERSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE »BOUNDARY FLEXIBILITY OF WORK AND FAMILY ROLE The aim of this paper was to verify the factor structure and metric characteristics of the Croatian version of the questionnaire »Boundary Flexibility« (Matthews & Barnes-Farrell, 2010.). The survey was conducted on a convenient sample of 187 employed parents of underage children. In the data analysis, factor analysis and Spearman correlation coefficient were used. The three-factor structure of the questionnaire was obtained: the first factor »Family plans adjustment to the job requirements« contains six items (Cronbach alfa = 0.891), indicating readiness of respondents to adjust family plans to job requirements. The second factor in »Job requirements adjustment to the family role« (Cronbach alpha = 0.814) contains eight items, which point out the ability and willingness of respondents to adjust their job requirements to family obligations. The third factor, »Possibility of increased engagement at work without major difficulties in performing family obligations«, contains four items (Cronbach alpha = 0.784), and refers to the respondents’ ability to meet increased demands at work, without adverse effects and significant difficulties in the family role. Given that the extracted sub-scales are not fully matched to the factor structure of the original questionnaire, the obtained results point out to certain specifics in the application of the Croatian version of this questionnaire. Verification of the metric characteristics has shown the satisfactory reliability of the obtained sub-scales and the possibility of further application of this instrument. Key words: work-family role balance, boundary flexibility, metric characteristics of the questionnaire.

scholarly journals The Cost of Excessive Smartphone Use: Guilt Cross the Work-Family Domains

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yujing Liu ◽  
Jing Du ◽  
Yuan Li
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Family ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Cost

Empirical evidence has accumulated showing that smartphone use at work has the double-edged sword impacts on work-related attitudes and behaviors, but little is known about how its effects transmit and spill over from the workplace to the family domain. Drawing upon compensatory ethics theory, we hypothesize positive associations of employees’ daily private smartphone use at work with their family role performance after work through feeling of guilt. Using an experience sampling methodology, we test our hypotheses in a sample of 101 employees who completed surveys across 10 consecutive workdays. Multilevel path analysis results showed that excessive smartphone use at work triggered experienced guilt, and had a positive indirect effect on family role performance via feeling of guilt. Furthermore, employees with high ability of emotion regulation can be better resolve own painful emotion by engaging in family role performance. Theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and propose future research directions are discussed.

Work–family lockdown: implications for a post-pandemic research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 639-646
Author(s):  
Gary N. Powell
Keyword(s):  
Research Agenda ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Employed Parents ◽  
Personal Reflections

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for future research on the intersection of gender, work and family. Design/methodology/approach This paper offers personal reflections on needed research in a post-pandemic future. Findings This paper identifies several promising areas for future research on the intersection of gender, work and family. Research limitations/implications The paper offers numerous recommendations for a post-pandemic research agenda, including future research on essential workers, virtual workers, workers with enhanced family demands, single employed parents, social supports and issues of gender associated with these populations and topics. Social implications The paper reinforces the value of social supports at the individual, family, organizational, community and societal levels. Originality/value The paper discusses implications for future research of an original event, the COVID-19 pandemic, as it is still transpiring.

scholarly journals Uncovering Implicit Assumptions: Reviewing the Work–Family Interface in Family Business and Offering Opportunities for Future Research

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nava Michael-Tsabari ◽  
Marjan Houshmand ◽  
Vanessa M. Strike ◽  
Dorit Efrat Treister
Keyword(s):  
Family Business ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Boundary Theory ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Resource Based View ◽  
Individual Family ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Work Family Enrichment

The work–family interface (WFI) in family businesses (FBs) is an underrecognized area of research. The permeable nature of the boundaries in FBs between work and family is often treated as self-evident and as preventing (rather than inviting) research. We review the WFI in FBs based on 72 published articles and highlight implicit assumptions that have given rise to gaps in this literature. We show how boundary theory, the work–home resources model and the resource-based view can be used to highlight issues related to ownership, work–family enrichment, and contextual factors at the individual, family, and firm domains.

Prioritizing work for family

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mian Zhang ◽  
Hai Li ◽  
Sharon Foley
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
Career Planning ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Government ◽  
Work Family

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to develop an indigenous understanding of work-family interface (WFI) that reflects the drastic changes and evolving social context in China over the past three decades and challenge the existing conceptualizations of WFI and identify societal impact of the changing nature of the WFI. Design/methodology/approach – We conducted literature review, content and thematic analyses. Findings – The core idea of prioritizing work for family (PWF) is that Chinese employees, especially Chinese male employees, tend to integrate work and family roles as well as deal with WFI issues at the family level. Thus, Chinese employees can be strongly committed to the family while simultaneously prioritizing work performance. Research limitations/implications – The proposed indigenous perspective of PWF may furnish a contextualized theory for future research. The proposed measurement approaches may help developing indigenous scales for the perspective of PWF for future empirical studies. Practical implications – Although Chinese employees tend to be more tolerant of work-family conflict (WFC) than their Western counterparts, such tolerance may be combined with the expectation of long-term returns to their families. Managers may assist employees with career planning and realistic goal setting to compensate for their endurance of WFC. Social implications – As a cornerstone of the society, the family plays an important role in building a “harmonious society” promoted by the government. A perceived balance of work and family is a significant factor for family harmony. We bring to the attention of policy makers the changing nature of the Chinese employees' WFI. A corresponding policy may be formulated to help Chinese employees balance their lives. Originality/value – We challenge the existing conceptualizations of WFI by proposing and elaborating a perspective of PWF for context-based conceptualization.

Work-Family Conflict, Gender, and Parenthood, 1977-1997

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Winslow
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
National Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
The Family ◽  
Workplace Policies ◽  
Work Family

Although many observers assume that balancing the often-competing demands of work and family has become increasingly difficult in recent decades, little research has explicitly examined this proposition. This study examines this question by drawing on data from the 1977 Quality of Employment Survey and the 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce. The author found that work-family conflict has increased during this period, particularly for men. In addition, marital, parental, and spouse’s employment status prove to be consistently important predictors of work-family conflict. Future research focusing on men’s experiences of conflict, examining conflict from the perspective of the family unit, and exploring the effects of workplace policies is suggested.

Patterns of Paternal Involvement of Korean Fathers: A Person-Centered Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110309
Author(s):  
Kwangman Ko ◽  
Youngin Kang ◽  
Jieun Choi
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Father Involvement ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Parenting Satisfaction ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Person Centered Approach ◽  
Stress Work

Given roles and expectations of father involvement in South Korea are in transition from traditional breadwinner to an involved caregiver to children, it is plausible that Korean fathers show diverse involvement behaviors in the contexts of work, family, and parenting. Using a person-centered approach, we explored if there were groupings of Korean fathers who could be identified from their involvement with their children. We also examined if those subgroup memberships were related to various factors in work, family, and parenting domains. With a sample of 212 married working fathers and the 12 items of involvement behaviors, we found four heterogeneous subgroups of people: low-involved, accessibility-focused, involved-but-less-accessible, and highly involved fathers. Significant differences among the four profiles were also found regarding various factors such as job stress, work and family conflict, work schedule, maternal employment, parenting satisfaction, and perceived level of involvement. Suggestions for future research, practitioners, and policymakers were discussed.

scholarly journals Action Regulation at the Work–Family Interface: Nomological Network and Work–Family Consequences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hirschi ◽  
Nicola von Allmen ◽  
Anne Burmeister ◽  
Hannes Zacher
Keyword(s):  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Role ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Family Social Support ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Role Demands

AbstractPursuing personally valued goals in work and family is important for many people, yet research has only partially addressed how individuals can actively manage the work–family interface. We examined the role of action regulation at the work–family interface (AR-WF) as an integrated individual-level approach to attain favorable work–family outcomes through the selection and pursuit of goals at the work–family interface. We investigated the relation of AR-WF to theoretically derived correlates and outcomes in two time-lagged studies with samples from the USA and Germany, based on a newly developed and validated measure to assess AR-WF. Overall, results showed that AR-WF is positively related to dispositional self-regulation, work and family role commitment, work and family goal regulation, and work and family social support. In contrast, AR-WF was largely unrelated to work and family role demands and segmentation or integration boundary enactment. AR-WF further positively related to work and family goal attainment, as well as work–family enrichment beyond related constructs. However, AR-WF was also positively related to increased work-to-family conflict. We discuss how a focus on action regulation can be useful for attaining a better understanding of the active role that people play in managing multiple role demands at the work–family interface.

scholarly journals Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7339
Author(s):  
Vânia Sofia Carvalho ◽  
Alda Santos ◽  
Maria Teresa Ribeiro ◽  
Maria José Chambel
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Boundary Violations ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship

The lockdown, in the COVID-19 pandemic, is considered an external crisis that evokes innumerous changes in individuals lives. One of the changes is the work and family dynamics. Based on boundary theory we examine the mediated role of work and family balance and boundary segmentation behavior in the relationship between boundary violations and teleworkers’ stress and well-being. However, because women and men live their work and family differently, gender may condition the way teleworkers lead with boundary violations and boundary segmentation. Hypotheses were tested through moderated mediation modeling using data collected of 456 teleworkers during lockdown. In line with our expectations, teleworkers who have suffered most boundary violations were those with least boundary segmentation behaviors and with least work-family balance which, in turn was related to higher burnout and lower flourishing. Furthermore, gender was found to moderate the relationship between boundary violations from work-to-family and segmentation behavior in the same direction and this relationship was stronger for females than for males. We discuss implications for future research and for managing teleworkers, creating sustainability, both during a crise and stable days.

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