Work, Family, and Community

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krista Lynn Minnotte
Keyword(s):  
Community Involvement ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Individual Outcomes ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Working Families ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

This chapter explores scholarship on work, family, and community, suggesting ways to move it forward in new and exciting directions. Different ways of conceptualizing community are described, along with issues surrounding the lack of conceptual clarity in the treatment of community in the work–family literature. The main theories that are used to guide the study of community, work, and family are outlined, including ecological theory, life-course theory, and the demands and resources perspective. The existing work–family and community scholarship is described, with a focus on how community is related to family, work–family, and individual outcomes. Emerging scholarship on family supportive communities is explored, along with scholarship on the impact of contemporary work–family trends on community involvement. Lastly, promising areas for future research are proposed, with an eye toward identifying solutions at the community level for working families.

Work-family conflict and female employees’ turnover intentions

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (8) ◽  
pp. 636-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mamoona Rasheed ◽  
Salman Iqbal ◽  
Faisal Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the influences of informal organisational and family support on work-family conflict (WFC) and its subsequent impact on turnover intentions among female employees. Design/methodology/approach To evaluate the WFC among female individuals, data were collected through a questionnaire distributed among female employees in the service sector in Lahore, Pakistan, by using convenience-sampling technique. The collected data were analysed through a well-known statistical technique, SEM, using AMOS software. Findings The findings suggest that supports (informal organizational and family) have no impact to resolving the issues of WFC arising because of female members of the family working. Also, it was found that WFC is positively linked to employee turnover intentions. Practical implications By addressing WFC issues, this research has key implication for WFC practically. This study has essential implications for organization, so it can reduce the WFC by creating a supportive environment to create balance amongst work and family life. Specifically, managers need to be aware of the impact that social support and WFC have on turnover intention. Originality/value This study provides the model of WFC that helps in future research. The research also improves past studies’ methodology by testing the direct and mediation impacts between the constructs specifically in female employees. This study is a valuable addition to the existing body of literature.

scholarly journals Examining Work Experiences Among Collegiate Recreation Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-23
Author(s):  
Colin Lopez ◽  
Elizabeth A. Taylor ◽  
Gareth J. Jones ◽  
Matt R. Huml ◽  
Daniel Funk
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collegiate Recreation

Research on the experiences of employees has been plentiful over the last decade; however, work examining the experiences of collegiate recreation employees is limited. In order to enhance employee well-being, it is important that management understands the experiences of their employees and can invest in job supports that best suit the needs of their employees. Therefore, this research study examined the impact of work and family conflict, workaholism, work engagement, burnout, and coping on employees within the industry of collegiate recreation. In this study, 2,474 National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) professional and student members were sent a survey in which 621 participated and 522 were analyzed. Results indicate employees with young children and those in early career positions may experience significant work–family conflict/family–work conflict and burnout.

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 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.

A Qualitative Exploration of Role Salience among Malaysian Professional and Managerial Dual-Career Couples

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 741-752
Author(s):  
Rafiduraida Abdul Rahman Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Work Characteristics ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Role Salience ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work And Family Roles ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores work and family roles salience in the context of dual-career couples in Malaysia. Semi-structured qualitative interviews has been conducted on 18 couples in professional and managerial position. The data were transcribed and analyzed using template analysis. The findings revealed that several factors namely culture, religious values, gender, work characteristics and personal preferences influence the couples’ role salience. Women tend to face more struggles to maintain the salience of both roles despite the fact that couples regard both roles to be central to their lives. Factors such as culture and religious values influence the couples’ role salience making them holding to traditional gender attitude and reduce the impact of family to work. Some couples are more affected with spouse work condition or personal preferencesleading them to practice less traditional roles in their family arrangements.Conflicting views within couples also exist, which influence their challenges and satisfaction. This study adds to the work and family research using couple-level analysis in a non-Western context. The qualitative data gained has also enabled the study to extend the understanding on how the dynamic of the interaction between culture, religion, gender, work characteristics and personal preferences come into play to shape couples’ role salience and consequently their work-family experiences and perceptions.

The impact of different supports on work-family conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 903-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Maria Ferri ◽  
Matteo Pedrini ◽  
Egidio Riva
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Human Resource Managers ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Work ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how the actual use of supports available from the state, organisations and families helps workers reduce perceived work–family conflict (WFC), explored from both works interfering with family (WIF) and family interfering with work (FIW) perspectives. Design/methodology/approach The study is based on a survey of 2,029 employees at six large Italian firms. To test hypotheses, a hierarchical regression analysis was performed. Findings WFC should be explored considering its bi-directionality, as supports have different impacts on WIF and FIW. Workplace instrumental support elicits mixed effects on WFC, whereas workplace emotional support and familiar support reduce both FIW and WIF. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to the Italian national context, and data were collected in a single moment of time, which did not allow for observing changes in employees’ lives. Practical implications Human resource managers, as well as policy makers, will find this study’s results useful in designing effective work–life balance policies and supports, in which attention is devoted mainly to promoting workplace emotional supports and facilitating familiar support. Social implications The study highlights that by reducing pressures from work and family responsibilities that generate WFC conditions, organisational and familiar supports elicit different effects, which should be considered carefully when defining policies and interventions. Originality/value This study is one of the few that compare the role of supports provided by actors in different sectors on FIW and WIF, thereby allowing for an understanding of whether the bi-directionality of the conflicts is a relevant perspective.

Parenting Support in the Workplace

2017 ◽  
pp. 262-271
Author(s):  
Divna M. Haslam ◽  
Nicole Penman
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Demographic Changes ◽  
Parenting Support ◽  
Successful Program ◽  
Family Demands ◽  
The Impact

Demographic changes over the last 40 years means the majority of parents are now employed in some capacity. This chapter outlines some of the challenges parents face in balancing competing work and family demands. The concept of work and family conflict is defined, and the impact of work and family conflict on individuals and families is discussed. A rationale is provided for the provision of parenting support via the workplaces as a means of improving the lives of employees and as a way of increasing population-level access to parenting support. A brief review of the efficacy of workplace parenting support is provided alongside practical examples of how to ensure successful program delivery in an organizational context. The chapter concludes with a discussion about the implications and provides some directions for future research.

scholarly journals Work-Family Conflict in the European Union: The Impact of Organizational and Public Facilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (22) ◽  
pp. 4419
Author(s):  
Chantal Remery ◽  
Joop Schippers
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
European Working ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Today, as an increasing share of women and men is involved in both paid tasks at work and unpaid care tasks for children and other relatives, more people are at risk of work-family conflict, which can be a major threat to well-being and mental, but also physical health. Both organizations and governments invest in arrangements that are meant to support individuals in finding a balance between work and family life. The twofold goal of our article was to establish the level of work-family conflict in the member states of the European Union by gender and to analyze to what extent different arrangements at the organizational level as well the public level help to reduce this. Using the European Working Conditions Survey supplemented with macro-data on work-family facilities and the economic and emancipation climate in a country, we performed multilevel analyses. Our findings show that the intensity of work-family conflict does not vary widely in EU28. In most countries, men experience less work-family conflict than women, although the difference is small. Caring for children and providing informal care increases perceived work-life conflict. The relatively small country differences in work-family conflict show that different combinations of national facilities and organizational arrangements together can have the same impact on individuals; apparently, there are several ways to realize the same goal of work-family conflict reduction.

Trends in Female Workers’ Childbearing Intentions in South Korea

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 242-249
Author(s):  
Jee-Seon Yi ◽  
Hye-Sun Jung ◽  
Hyeoneui Kim ◽  
Eun-Ok Im
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Maternity Leave ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Female Workers ◽  
Childbearing Intentions ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work And Family Roles ◽  
The Impact

This study aimed to analyze trends of South Korean working women’s childbearing intentions to provide directions for strategies to increase South Korea’s birth rate. This study used the data generated by the Korean Longitudinal Panel Survey of Women and Families in South Korea from 2007 to 2016, and included 2,341 working women. This study showed that female workers’ intention to bear children is decreasing. In 2007, age and the number of children were considered in predicting the characteristics of those with childbearing intentions. In 2016, the provision of maternity leave at work, job satisfaction regarding relationships and communication, and work-family conflicts were added. When identifying the factors by category, the impact level of occupational factors increased, although the impact level of individual factors decreased. There should be a balance between work and family roles, and employers should provide ample maternity leave and promote an organizational culture that supports job satisfaction.

Flextime

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHLEEN E. CHRISTENSEN ◽  
GRAHAM L. STAINES
Keyword(s):  
Partial Solution ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Organizational Membership ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Research And Policy

Flextime, a work schedule that permits flexible starting and quitting times, has gained wide currency as a partial solution to conflicts between work and family life. This article aims to review the existing research regarding the advantages and disadvantages of flextime to both employers and employees; to evaluate the effects of flextime on resolving work/family conflicts; and to establish future programmatic, research, and policy directions regarding flextime. Research indicates that no compelling case can be made for flextime solely on the grounds of employers' conventional concerns with organizational effectiveness, organizational membership, or job attitudes. Research reveals, further, that flextime is beneficial in resolving work/family conflicts, but not as beneficial as often hoped. Future research should include the following: (a) greater sensitivity than is currently available regarding the use of, not just access to, flextime; (b) more attention to the needs of different subgroups as defined by stage in life cycle and family type; and (c) the use of dependent measures that would assess the effect of flextime in terms of quality as well as quantity of family time. We think it likely that the better the research, the more compelling will be the evidence for the effectiveness of flextime.

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