Journal article
When work enters the home: Antecedents of role boundary permeability behavior
Journal of vocational behavior, v 109
Dec 2018
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Abstract
Boundary permeability is the degree to which a boundary allows elements from another role domain, such as work, to enter the focal role domain, such as the home. The more extensively work-related elements enter the home domain, the more permeable the home role boundary. Based on a person-situation interactionist perspective, this research builds on prior theoretical and empirical work to better understand how three personal characteristics (home role identity salience, work role identity salience, and polychronicity) and two situational factors (pressure for precedence from the work and home domains) influence the permeability of the home role boundary. Findings from a two-wave employee survey indicate that home role identity salience and polychronicity are indirectly related to home role boundary permeability behavior through permeability preference, and that the relationship between permeability preference and permeability behavior is attenuated by pressure from one's manager to prioritize work over home.
•Polychronicity, a domain-free individual characteristic, predicts preference for boundary permeability.•Permeability preference mediates the relationship between individual characteristics and permeability behavior.•Situational pressures restrict the ability to achieve desired boundary permeability.•Examining both role identity saliencies in work-home interface research reduces omitted variable bias.
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Details
- Title
- When work enters the home: Antecedents of role boundary permeability behavior
- Creators
- Johnna Capitano - West Chester UniversityJeffrey H. Greenhaus - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of vocational behavior, v 109
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000451107300007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85054621793
- Other Identifier
- 991019168147304721
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- Psychology, Applied