Work-Life Boundary Enactment Scale

Wepfer, Ariane G.; Allen, Tammy D.; Brauchli, Rebecca; Jenny, Gregor J.; Bauer, Georg F.

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“…According to the Person-Environment Fit theory, individual adaptation and wellbeing in a given environment depends on the degree of match between the characteristics of the environment and the characteristics of the individual, thus impacting on individual attitude and behavior (van Vianen, 2018). As an individual characteristic, family boundary flexibility describes the extent to which individuals are cognitively, psychologically and behaviorally separated in the family domain (Kreiner, 2006;Wepfer et al, 2018), and it encompasses family flexibility-willingness and family flexibility-ability. Researchers refer to the people's self-cognitive evaluation of their ability to leave the family field and satisfy the external environmental characteristics required by the work domain as boundary flexibility ability, and the preference to across from home to work area as family flexibility willingness .…”

Section: Family Boundary Flexibility and Work Engagementmentioning

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The effect of family boundary flexibility on employees’ work engagement: a study based on person-environment fit theory perspective

Yang,

Liu,

Zhang

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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Under the impact of the era of big data and public emergency, the blurring of family-work boundaries and the increasing burden of family responsibilities will pose a great challenge to employee resilience and family work balance, which in turn will affect employees’ work engagement. Therefore, based on the person-environment fit theory, this study aims to explore the potential mechanism and boundary conditions of employee family boundary flexibility fit on work engagement. This study conducted a random sampling of enterprise employees in China. A sample of 433 participants completed a questionnaire to provide data. We conduct hierarchical regression and Bootstrap analysis to verify the hypothesis model. The study found that employees’ work engagement is significantly improved when their family boundary flexibility is matched. Family-work enrichment plays a role in mediating the impact of employees’ family boundary flexibility on work engagement. The relationship between family-work enrichment and work engagement is moderated by family support. Therefore, enterprises should respect and value each employee’s family boundary flexibility, establish family-friendly policies, and consider personal family boundary flexibility in employees’ career development planning. This will promote the enhancement of employee resilience, enable better engagement in work, improve work efficiency, and enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises.

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Section: Family Boundary Flexibility and Work Engagementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The effect of family boundary flexibility on employees’ work engagement: a study based on person-environment fit theory perspective

Yang,

Liu,

Zhang

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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“…Moreover, the active configuration of work-nonwork boundaries is conceptualized on a continuum from segmentation to integration (Ashforth et al, 2000;Kossek and Lautsch, 2012;Wepfer et al, 2018). Segmentation refers to strict boundary-setting and inflexible and impermeable role boundaries.…”

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“…In the first step, we conducted comprehensive research of the relevant literature on crafting and another on the work-nonwork interface/balance. In particular, six instruments guided us in the development of new items: the boundary enactment scale (Wepfer et al, 2018), the work-life crafting scale (Peeters and Demerouti, 2014), the job crafting scale (Tims et al, 2012), the work-life indicator (Kossek and Lautsch, 2012), the work-nonwork boundary strength scale (Hecht and Allen, 2009), and the SWING scale (Geurts et al, 2005).…”

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Crafting work-nonwork balance involving life domain boundaries: Development and validation of a novel scale across five countries

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Brauchli²,

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et al. 2022

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Ongoing developments, such as digitalization, increased the interference of the work and nonwork life domains, urging many to continuously manage engagement in respective domains. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent home-office regulations further boosted the need for employees to find a good work-nonwork balance, thereby optimizing their health and well-being. Consequently, proactive individual-level crafting strategies for balancing work with other relevant life domains were becoming increasingly important. However, these strategies received insufficient attention in previous research despite their potential relevance for satisfying psychological needs, such as psychological detachment. We addressed this research gap by introducing a new scale measuring crafting for a work-nonwork balance and examining its relevance in job-and life satisfaction, work engagement, subjective vitality, family role and job performance, boundary management and self-rated work-nonwork balance. The Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale was validated in five countries (Austria, Finland, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland), encompassing data from a heterogeneous sample of more than 4,200 employees. In study 1, exploratory factor analysis revealed a twofactorial scale structure. Confirmatory factor analysis, test for measurement invariance, and convergent validity were provided in study 2. Replication of confirmatory factor analysis, incremental and criterion validity of the Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale for job and life satisfaction were assessed in study 3. Study 4 displayed criterion validity, test-retest reliability, testing measurement invariance, and applicability of the scale across work cultures. Finally, study 5 delivered evidence for the Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale in predicting work-nonwork balance. The novel Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale captured crafting for the challenging balance between work and nonwork and performed well across several different working cultures in increasingly digitalized societies. Both researchers and practitioners may use this tool to assess crafting efforts to balance both life TYPE

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Work-Life Boundary Enactment Scale

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The effect of family boundary flexibility on employees’ work engagement: a study based on person-environment fit theory perspective

The effect of family boundary flexibility on employees’ work engagement: a study based on person-environment fit theory perspective

Crafting work-nonwork balance involving life domain boundaries: Development and validation of a novel scale across five countries

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