Boundary management preferences from a gender and cross-cultural perspective

Allen, Tammy; Beham, Barbara; Ollier-Malaterre, Ariane; Baierl, Andreas; Alexandrova, Matilda; Artiawati, nN; Beauregard, Alexandra; Carvalho, Vània Sofia; Chambel, Maria José; Cho, Eunae; da Silva, Bruna Coden; Dawkins, Sarah; Escribano, Pablo; Gudeta, Konjit Hailu; Huang, Ting-pang; Jaga, Ameeta; Kost, Dominique; Kurowska, Anna; Leon, Emmanuelle; Lewis, Suzan; ... (2024). Boundary management preferences from a gender and cross-cultural perspective Journal of Vocational Behavior, 148, p. 103943. Elsevier Science Direct 10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103943

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Although work is increasingly globalized and mediated by technology, little research has accumulated on the role of culture in shaping individuals' preferences regarding the segmentation or integration of their work and family roles. This study examines the relationships between gender egalitarianism (the extent a culture has a fluid understanding of gender roles and promotes gender equality), gender, and boundary management preferences across 27 countries/territories. Based on a sample of 9362 employees, we found that the pattern of the relationship between gender egalitarianism and boundary management depends on the direction of segmentation preferences. Individuals from more gender egalitarian societies reported lower preferences to segment family-from-work (i.e., protect the work role from the family role); however, gender egalitarianism was not directly associated with preferences to segment …

Item Type:

 Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

 Business School > Institute for New Work
Business School > Institute for New Work > New Forms of Work and Organisation
Business School

Name:

 Allen, Tammy;
Beham, Barbara;
Ollier-Malaterre, Ariane;
Baierl, Andreas;
Alexandrova, Matilda;
Artiawati, nN;
Beauregard, Alexandra;
Carvalho, Vània Sofia;
Chambel, Maria José;
Cho, Eunae;
da Silva, Bruna Coden;
Dawkins, Sarah;
Escribano, Pablo;
Gudeta, Konjit Hailu;
Huang, Ting-pang;
Jaga, Ameeta;
Kost, Dominique;
Kurowska, Anna;
Leon, Emmanuelle;
Lewis, Suzan;
Lu, Chang-qin;
Martin, Angela;
Morandin, Gabriele;
Noboa, Fabrizzio;
Offer, Shira;
Ohu, Eugene;
Peters, Pascale;
Rajadhyaksha, Ujvala;
Russo, Marcello;
Sohn, Young Woo;
Straub, Caroline;
Tammelin, Mia;
Van Engen, Marloes and
Waismel-Manor, Ronit

Subjects:

 H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)

ISSN:

 0001-8791

Publisher:

 Elsevier Science Direct

Language:

 English

Submitter:

 Caroline Straub

Date Deposited:

 20 Feb 2024 16:37

Last Modified:

 25 Feb 2024 01:39

Publisher DOI:

 10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103943

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

 Boundary management Cross-cultural Work-family Gender egalitarianism Gender

ARBOR DOI:

 10.24451/arbor.21270

URI:

 https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/21270

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