This review essay deals with interconnectivity between work life and family life. Specifically, it explores the relationship between parental work schedules and child academic achievement. Existing research focused on that relationship has been somewhat narrow in scope and has largely ignored the issue of underlying mechanisms. This review essay seeks to address those shortcomings by introducing a conceptual framework that sets out some potential pathways through which parental work schedules might exert an impact on child academic achievement. Characteristics of parental work schedules that might be particularly relevant in today's rapidly changing world of work are then identified, and are connected to child achievement by way of a thorough review of research evidence supporting each of the links in the proposed framework. Finally, the review draws on existing research to suggest some ways in which governments, employers, and families might mitigate any risks to child achievement conveyed through the pathways presented in the framework. The potential for empirically testing the framework is also discussed.Cet essai analyse les liens entre la vie au travail et celle en famille. Plus spécifiquement, nous explorons la relation entre les horaires de travail des parents et la réussite scolaire des enfants. La recherche existante sur ce sujet est assez limitée dans sa portée et laisse généralement de côté la question des méchanismes sousjacents. Ce texte tente de combler ces lacunes en offrant un cadre conceptuel qui propose des chaînes causales possibles par lesquelles l'horaire de travail des parents peut avoir un impact sur la réussite scolaire d'un enfant. Les aspects des horaires parentaux qui pourraient être spécialement pertinents dans le monde de travail volatile de notre époque sont ensuite identifiées et leurs liens possibles à la réussite scolaire des enfants sont analysés par une revue approfondi des faits probants qui relèvent de chaque chaîne causale du cadre conceptuel proposé. Finalement, en se basant sur la littérature scientifique existante, nous proposons des moyens par lesquels gouvernements, employeurs et familles peuvent mitiger l'impact possible sur la réussite scolaire des voies causales présentés dans le cadre conceptuel. Nous traitons également du potentiel de tester empiriquement notre cadre conceptuel.Mots-clés: parents; enfants; horaires de travail; réussite scolaire Research on occupational health, work and wellness, and work-life balance has highlighted a wide range of ways in which work life and family life may influence one another through dynamic interaction (Duxbury & Higgins, 2003;Sauvé, 2009).
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