Navigating work and life boundaries : insights for distributed knowledge professionals / / Saonee Sarker [et al.]

• Autore: Sarker Saonee <1972->
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 650.1
• Soggetto topico: Work-life balance
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Work-Life Balance: An Overview -- Introduction -- What Does "Balance" Mean? -- Balance as Maintaining Life and Work Domain Separation -- Balance as a Compromise -- Balance as Joint Optimization -- Balance as Integration -- Approaches to Managing and Theorizing About WLB/WLC -- Border Theory: Conceptualizing the Work and Life Domains as Different Nations with Borders -- Key Impacts of Work-Life Conflict Highlighted in the Context of Information Systems -- Looking Ahead -- References -- 2 The Antecedents of Work-Life Conflict in Distributed IT Work: A Border Theory Perspective -- Introduction -- Building Our Research Model and Hypotheses -- Extent of the Physical Border: Locational Dispersion -- Extent of Temporal Borders: Time Differences with Remote Members -- Flexibility of Border and WLC -- Permeability of the Border -- The Role of the Border Keepers: Supervisory Support, Organizational Policies, and WLC -- Border Crossers' Dependency on Members Across Borders: Task Dependency and WLC -- Effect of the Domain Characteristics: Nature of the Software Requirements, Technology Platforms, and WLC -- Technology Diversity -- Methods -- Findings from the Survey -- Implications and Conclusion -- Guideline #1: Related to Locational and Temporal Dispersion -- Guideline #2: Related to Flexibility and Permeability of the Border -- Guidance #3: Related to Supervisory Support and Organizational Policies -- Guideline #4: Related to Task Interdependence and the Need to Schedule Overlapping Times Across Locations -- Guideline #5: Related to the Nature of Software Requirements and Technology Platforms -- References -- 3 The Border Crosser's Characteristics and Work-Life Conflict -- Key Influencing Characteristics of the Border Crosser -- Gender -- Neuroticism -- Relationship Status. ; Caregiving Role -- Priority of Time with Family -- Technical Versus Managerial Role -- National Context -- Measurement of Variables -- Results -- Discussion -- Additional Results: The Effect of WLC on Performance and Turnover -- Implications -- Guideline 1: Provide a Menu of Job Designs to Account for Current Realities of Life -- Guideline 2: Play the Long Game by "investing" in WLC Policies -- Guideline 3: Guard Against the "Work-Devotion" Attributions -- Guideline 4: Provide Cultural Sensitivity and Communication Training to Offshoring Workers -- Chapter Conclusion -- References -- 4 Global Offshoring of Systems Development and Work-Life Conflict: A Revelatory Case Study -- Introduction -- Orientation to the Case -- WLC and the (Re-)Structuring of the Insourcing Relationship: An Evolutionary Perspective -- The Baseline Stage -- WLC Issues in the Baseline Stage -- The Initiation Stage -- WLC Issues in the Initiation Stage -- The Distribution Stage -- WLC Issues in the Distribution Stage -- The Delegation Stage -- WLC Issues in the Delegation Stage -- The Separation Stage -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Mobile Technologies and Work-Life Conflict -- An Overview of Use Patterns and the Impact on Work-Life Conflict -- Findings from the Qualitative Study -- Three Conceptions That Individuals Hold About the Relationship Between Their Work and Life Domains -- The Compartmentalized Perspective -- Mobile Technology Use Patterns in Those Holding a Compartmentalized Perspective -- The Overlapping Perspective -- Mobile Technology Use Patterns of Those Holding an Overlapping Perspective -- The Encompassing Perspective -- Mobile Technology Use Patterns in Those Holding the Encompassing Perspective -- Strategies for Managing WLC -- The Separation Strategy -- The Compensation Strategy -- Facilitation Strategy -- Integration Strategy. ; Protection Strategy -- Some Broad Guidelines for Managing a Mobile Workforce -- Guideline 1: Acknowledge That Different Individuals Perceive the Relationship Between Their Work and Life Very Differently -- Guideline 2: Universal Strategies for the Use of Mobile Technologies Are Unlikely to Be Effective -- Guideline 3: Strategies to Meet the Organization's Overall Mobility Goals Should Cause Minimal WLC for Individual Employees -- Guideline 4: Mobile Technologies Should Be Implemented Consistent with Employees' Perspectives Regarding the Relationship Between Work and Life -- Guideline 5: Proposed Strategies and Suggestions Should Be Applied with Caution -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 6 Looking Back... and Looking Ahead -- The COVID Crisis and the Death of Work-Life Balance? -- Toward a Participative Approach to Border Management -- Border Construction -- Border Reconfiguration -- Border Patrolling -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Overview -- Methodological Overview for the GLOBCOM Case (Primarily for Chapter 4, but Also Used in Chapters 1-3) -- Methodological Overview for the Study on the Use of Mobile Devices (Primarily for Chapter 5, but Also Used in Chapter 1) -- Additional Interviews (Used in Chapters 1-3) -- Appendix 2 -- Overview of the Literature Review on WLB/WLC -- Appendix 3 -- The Sample -- Measures -- Control Variables -- Analysis Techniques -- Reference -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: As organizations continue to adapt and evolve to meet the challenges related to globalization and working with new collaboration technologies to bridge time and space, demands on employees time and attention continue to increase. Recognizing this problem and its implications, such as increased employee turnover, many companies are seeking ways to help their employees maintain a healthy balance between work and life. This book examines work-life conflict, i.e., the increasing lack of employees work-life balance, in the context of virtual teams and distributed work. It explores the negative impact on work-life conflict exacerbated by working across time zones, cultures, and geographical spaces. Further, it investigates specific causes of work-life conflict in distributed work environments. For researchers and practitioners in the HRM and OB domains, this book adds to the body of knowledge on work-life conflict, with a unique focus on the role of technology
• Titolo autorizzato: Navigating work and life boundaries
• ISBN: 3-030-72759-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910495234803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II