Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research: A Vision for the Future

381 Pages·2013·1.593 MB·English

by  Steven Poelmans, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Mireia Las Heras Maestro (eds.)

Expanding the Boundaries of Work–Family Research
AlsobyStevenA.Y.Poelmans
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AlsobyJeffreyH.Greenhaus
CAREERMANAGEMENT(withG.A.Callanan,V.M.Godshalk)
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Expanding the Boundaries
of Work–Family Research
A Vision for the Future
Editedby
Steven Poelmans
EADABusinessSchool,Spain
Jeffrey H. Greenhaus
LeBowCollegeofBusiness,DrexelUniversity,USA
and
Mireia Las Heras Maestro
IESEBusinessSchool,Spain
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H.GreenhausandMireiaLasHerasMaestro2013
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Foreword©NuriaChinchilla2013
Foreword©LotteBailyn2013
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Includesbibliographicalreferences.
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II. Greenhaus,JeffreyH. III. LasHeras,Mireia.
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Contents
ListofTables vii
ListofFigures viii
Foreword x
NuriaChinchilla
Foreword xii
LotteBailyn
PrefaceandAcknowledgements xv
ListofContributors xxi
Part I Work–LifePoliciesandFlexibleWork
ArrangementsinOrganizations
1 Work–LifePolicies:LinkingNationalContexts,Organizational
PracticeandPeopleforMulti-levelChange 3
EllenErnstKossek andArianeOllier-Malaterre
2 DoWork–FamilyPoliciesReally“Work”?EvidencefromIndian
CallCentres 32
SwetaRajan-Rankin andMarkTomlinson
Part II Work–LifeCultureandPractices
inOrganizations
3 Deconstructing“FamilySupportiveCultures”:AVisionforthe
Future 53
SusanLewis andSwetaRajan-Rankin
4 OrganizationalSubculturesandFamilySupportiveCulture
inaSpanishOrganization 70
OlenaStepanova
Part III PersonalandProfessionalCareersandTalent
Management
5 Work–FamilyResearchandPractice:WhatiftheWholePerson
Mattered? 91
ElanaR.FeldmanandDouglasT.Hall
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6 EffectsofGenderandFamilyonEarningsandCareerPaths:
ACross-CulturalStudyofEurope,theUSAandJapan 107
NiniYang
Part IV DecisionMakingina
Work–LifeContext
7 ThePresentandFutureofWork–FamilyDecisionMaking 137
StevenPoelmans,JeffreyH.GreenhausandOlenaStepanova
8 Sex,Gender,andDecisionsattheFamily–WorkInterface 156
GaryN.Powell andJeffreyH.Greenhaus
Part V CopingandStrategiesforHarmonizingWork
andLife
9 NewDirectionsinWork–FamilyCopingResearch 193
DebraA.Major,HeatherM.LauzunandMeghanP.Jones
10 FairlyFlexible:PreventingPerceptionsofUnfairnessin
EnactmentofWorkplaceFlexibility 212
ŠpelaTrefalt
Part VI Work–LifeFacilitationandEnrichment
11 IssuesintheDevelopmentofResearchonInter-role
Enrichment 227
EvangeliaDemerouti,InésMartinezCortsandMarinaBoz
12 TheImpactofCo-workersonWork-to-FamilyEnrichmentand
OrganizationalOutcomes 254
KarenKorabikandMelissaWarner
Part VII SpecialSection
13 TimesareChanging:GenderandGenerationatWorkandat
HomeintheUSA 279
EllenGalinsky,KerstinAumannandJamesT.Bond
14 ElucidatingthePositiveSideoftheWork–FamilyInterfaceon
InternationalAssignments:AModelofExpatriateWorkand
FamilyPerformance 297
MilaLazarova,MinaWestmanandMargaretShaffer
15 SomeFutureDirectionsforWork–FamilyResearchina
GlobalWorld 333
TammyAllen
Index 348
Tables
1.1 Mapofthemulti-levelwork–familypolicyassessmentspace 11
2.1 Work–lifepolicyavailabilityandtake-upincompanyecho
(n=881) 39
2.2 MIMICmodelofregionaldifferencesinwork–familyconflict
andpolicyavailability 41
2.3 MIMICmodelofsubgroupdifferencesinwork–family
conflictandpolicyavailability 43
4.1 Companyoverview 74
6.1 Therawgenderwagegapbasedonthepopulationof
employeesaged16–64 117
6.2 Cultureandgender-basedpaygapsinEurope,theUSAand
Japan 122
6.3 Gender-orientedoccupationsintheUSA(aged16andover,
2009) 128
6.4 Wal-Mart’sgender-basedpaydifferentials 129
8.1 Decisionaboutwhethertostartabusiness:influenceof
family-domainfactorsandlinkagestosex 166
8.2 Decisionaboutthenumberofhourstodevotetojobor
business:influenceoffamily-domainfactorsandlinkagesto
sex 169
8.3 Decisionaboutwhethertoquitajob:influenceof
family-domainfactorsandlinkagestosex 173
9.1 Summaryofcopingstrategies 196
12.1 Descriptivestatistics,internalconsistencycoefficientsand
intercorrelationsofstudyvariables 265
12.2 Fitofthehypothesizedandalternativepathmodels 265
13.1 NSCWandQESsampledescriptives 284
13.2 Whatfactorspredictwork–lifeconflictamongfathersand
mothers? 291
14.1 Generalpropositionsandspecifichypothesesfollowingthe
model 304
14.2 Expatriatedemandsandresources 307
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Figures
1.1 Maternityleavepoliciesaroundtheworld:lengthindays
andweeks 14
1.2 Percentageofwagespaidduringmaternityleave 15
1.3 Amulti-levelmodeltoinvestigatework–lifeprogrammes
andpractices 24
5.1 Balancingindividualintegrationneedsagainst
organizationalworkneeds 99
6.1 Women’sshareinpart-timeemployment(2007) 127
6.2 Amultivariateframeworkofkeyfactorsinfluencinggender
equityandcareerpaths 130
8.1 Effectsofsexandgenderondecisionsatthefamily→work
interface 177
9.1 Elaboratedwork–familycopingprocessmodel 194
9.2 Ani-dealsbasedmodelofpreventiveandepisodic
work–familycoping 202
10.1 Approachestopreventingdisagreementsaboutfairness 216
12.1 Hypothesizedtheoreticalmodel 261
12.2 Standardizedparameterestimatesforthehypothesized
model 266
12.3 Standardizedparameterestimatesforthemodifiedmodel 267
13.1 Labourforceparticipationbymen,womenandwomenwith
childrenunder18(1950–2007) 280
13.2 Completionoffourormoreyearsofcollegebymenand
womenaged25yearsandolderintheUSA(1940–2007) 281
13.3 Medianusualweeklyearningsoffull-timewageandsalaried
employeesin2007,bysex(1979–2007annualaverages) 282
13.4 Youngmen’sandwomen’sdesiretohavejobswithgreater
responsibility(1992–2008) 286
13.5 Desiretomovetojobswithmoreresponsibilityamong
youngwomenwithandwithoutchildren(1992–2008) 287
13.6 Attitudesaboutgenderrolesamongmenandwomeninthe
USA(1977–2008) 288
13.7 Attitudesaboutwomen’srolesasmothers(1977–2008) 289
13.8 Mothers’andfathers’averagetime(inhours)spentwith
theirchildrenunder13yearsonworkdays(1977–2008) 289
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ListofFigures ix
13.9 Percentageoffathersandmothersindual-earnercouples
reportingwork–lifeconflict(1977–2008) 290
14.1 Modelofcoreconstructs 300
14.2 Amodelofthework–familyinterfaceoninternational
assignments 303