Boundary management preferences from a gender and cross-cultural perspective
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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 …
- University of London United Kingdom
- University of Vienna Austria
- Florida Southern College United States
- University of Quebec Canada
- University of Warsaw Poland
509013 Sozialstatistik, 509011 Organisational development, 509011 Organisationsentwicklung, BF Psychology, 504011 Genealogy, 504011 Familienforschung, Gender, Boundary management Cross-cultural Work-family Gender egalitarianism Gender, Boundary management, Cross-cultural, Gender egalitarianism, Work-family, Institute for Management Research, 509013 Social statistics, Boundary management; Cross-cultural; Gender; Gender egalitarianism; Work-family
509013 Sozialstatistik, 509011 Organisational development, 509011 Organisationsentwicklung, BF Psychology, 504011 Genealogy, 504011 Familienforschung, Gender, Boundary management Cross-cultural Work-family Gender egalitarianism Gender, Boundary management, Cross-cultural, Gender egalitarianism, Work-family, Institute for Management Research, 509013 Social statistics, Boundary management; Cross-cultural; Gender; Gender egalitarianism; Work-family
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