Home and Work

Nippert-Eng, Christena

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“…The notion of vulnerability in children has become a key conceptual feature in medical, educational and social policy documents on children, commonly used to analyse the problems of children and childhood (Frankenberg et al 2000). In concert with the concept of the 'sacred' or 'precious child' requiring the very best of care (Nippert-Eng 1996), this notion represents children as easily damaged or hurt, fragile, requiring constant protection from adults. Vulnerability in children suggests 'both an embodied innocence and an embodied openness' (Frankenberg et al 2000, p. 589).…”

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‘The best thing for the baby’: Mothers’ concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants’ health and development

Lupton

2011

Health, Risk & Society

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Mothers and pregnant women in contemporary western societies are at the centre of a web of expert and lay discourses concerning the ways they should promote and protect the health and development of their foetuses and infants. This article reports the findings from an Australian study involving interviews with 60 mothers. The findings explore in detail four topics discussed in the interviews related to pregnancy and caring for young infants: disciplining the pregnant body; promoting infants' health; immunisation; and promoting infants' development. It is concluded that the mothers were highly aware of their responsibilities in protecting their foetuses and infants from harm and promoting their health and development. They conceptualised the infant body as highly vulnerable and requiring protection from contamination. They therefore generally supported the idea of vaccination as a way of protecting their babies' immature immune systems, but were also often ambivalent about it. The mothers were aware of the judgemental attitudes of others, including other mothers, towards their caring efforts and attempted to conform to the ideal of the 'good mother'. The emotional dimensions of caring for infants and protecting their health are discussed in relation to the voluntary participation of mothers in conforming to societal expectations.

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‘The best thing for the baby’: Mothers’ concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants’ health and development

Lupton

2011

Health, Risk & Society

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“…Boundaries can be spatial, temporal, cognitive, behavioral, relational or emotional, among other types (Ashforth et al, 2000;Clark, 2000;Hall & Richter, 1988;Nippert-Eng, 1996). With boundary management, people can organize and separate the demands and expectations that come with each role (Kossek, Noe, & DeMarr, 1999).…”

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Work-Life Balance: The Good and the Bad of Boundary Management

Leduc¹,

Houlfort²,

Bourdeau³

2016

IJPS

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Work-life balance is an important issue in today's world and the different strategies used by people to manage their work and their personal life can have a great impact. Two studies were conducted (study 1: n = 117; study 2: n = 293) to examine how boundary segmentation preferences (studies 1 & 2) and boundary integration strategies (study 2) affect work-family conflict and enrichment. Results from structural equation modeling partly confirmed the hypothetical model in both studies. Study 1 showed that work-home segmentation preference negatively predicted work-family enrichment, while home-work segmentation preference negatively predicted family-work enrichment. Study 2 provided similar results, as it showed that work-home segmentation preference negatively predicted work-family enrichment. It also showed that work-home segmentation preference positively predicted work-family conflict and home-work segmentation preference positively predicted work-family enrichment, while work-life integration strategy positively predicted work-family conflict, family-work conflict, work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment. No significant relationship was found between life-work integration strategy and any of the dependent variables. Findings from these studies highlight the importance of using appropriate boundary management strategies in order to promote a better work-life balance. They also enhance current knowledge related to boundary management and work-life balance by examining relationships with work-family enrichment.

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“…Because of the differences in domains, individuals often manage to integrate both work and home to some degree (Clark, 2000). Nippert-Eng (1996) explained the way people deal with differences between the two domains on a continuum, with integration at on one end and segmentation on the other.…”

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“…worker, spouse, parent, and neighbor) at the same time (Carlson et al, 2000); therefore, individuals have difficulty establishing their multiple roles when working from home. The use of ICT has increased the permeability of work-family boundaries because these technologies make individuals accessible any time and anywhere; as a result the boundaries of work and family increasingly blur (Lewis & Cooper, 1999;Nippert-Eng, 1996). This can promote conditions such as overwork and isolation, which may lead to greater stress on individuals and families (Baines & Gelder, 2003;Chelsey, 2005).…”

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“…Individuals are advised to work only at certain times to prevent home becoming a workplace, and only at certain places in the house to avoid interference from family members (Ahrentzen, 1990;Salazar, 2001). Sample strategies include having a separate room for office use only, or using a kitchen table as work desk only when no one else is home, or working with the door closed, phone off and not checking e-mail while working (Kossek, Noe, & DeMarr, 1999;Nippert-Eng, 1996). However, there is a greater potential for work-family boundaries to erode and for interruptions to take place, due to the difficulty of shifting the roles between work and family particularly when the shift is needed in an unexpected timeframe (Ashforth et al, 2000).…”

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A Conflict between Professional vs. Domestic Life? Understanding the Use of ICT in Teleworking for Balance in Work and Family Units

Othman¹,

Yusof²,

Osman³

2009

CIS

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The advancement of information and communication technologies such as personal computers, the Internet and mobile phones has enabled people to work any time and anywhere. Teleworking, the practice of setting up home offices for employees with appropriate resources for computing and communication, is one example of this new flexibility. Teleworking brings new challenges as well as benefits, and a variety of studies have examined the impact of teleworking in terms of costs and benefits. A major attraction for teleworkers is the control it allows them over the way they structure their work and lives. However, the intrusion of work into the home blurs the boundaries between work and home life and may result in conflict between work and family. This work-family conflict is a direct result of the mutual incompatibility between the demands of work and family roles (Akdere, 2006). The aim of this research is to study the work-family balance of Malaysian teleworkers by exploring the nature of interactions between work and family activities, in order to get a better understanding of the experience of teleworkers in balancing their work and family life. This study will use the work-family border theory (Clark, 2000) to describe the phenomenon, and to explain how individuals manage and negotiate the work and family spheres and the borders between them in order to attain balance.

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Home and Work

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‘The best thing for the baby’: Mothers’ concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants’ health and development

‘The best thing for the baby’: Mothers’ concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants’ health and development

Work-Life Balance: The Good and the Bad of Boundary Management

A Conflict between Professional vs. Domestic Life? Understanding the Use of ICT in Teleworking for Balance in Work and Family Units

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