Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Boundary Violations, Burnout and Flourishing: The Mediating Role of Boundary Segmentation Behavior
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- Boundary segmentation behavior from work to family mediates the relationship between boundary violations from work to family and burnout.
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- Boundary segmentation behavior from family to work mediates the relationship between boundary violations from family to work and burnout.
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- Boundary segmentation behavior from work to family mediates the relationship between boundary violations from work to family and flourishing.
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- Boundary segmentation behavior from family to work mediates the relationship between boundary violations from family to work and flourishing.
1.2. Boundary Violations, Burnout and Flourishing: The Mediating Role of Work–Family Balance
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- Work–family balance mediates the relationship between boundary violations from work to family and burnout.
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- Work–family balance mediates the relationship between boundary violations from family to work and burnout.
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- Work–family balance mediates the relationship between boundary violations from work to family and flourishing.
- 8.
- Work–family balance mediates the relationship between boundary violations from family to work and flourishing.
1.3. Boundary Violations, Segmentation Behavior and Work–Family Balance: The Moderating Role of Gender
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- Boundary violations from work to family will affect segmentation behavior from work-to family, mostly for females than for males;
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- Boundary violations from work to family will affect WFB, mostly for females than for males;
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- Boundary violations from family to work will affect segmentation behavior from family to work, mostly for males than for females;
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- Boundary violations from family to work will affect WFB, mostly for males than for females;
2. Method
2.1. Procedure and Sample
2.2. Measures
Boundary Violations
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Confirmatory Factor Analysis
3.2. Hypothesis Testing
4. Discussion
4.1. Boundary Violations (for Both Directions) Are Detrimental to Segmentation Behavior, Work–Family Balance and to Well-Being
4.2. Segmentation Behavior from Work to Family Is not Significantly Related to Well-Being, While Segmentation Behavior from Family to Work Fosters Well-Being
4.3. Work–Family Balance Mediates the Relationship between Boundary Violations and Well-Being
4.4. Gender Moderates the Relationship between Boundary Violations and Segmentation Behavior from Work to Family, But Not from Family to Work
4.5. Limitations and Future Recommendations
4.6. Practical Implications
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Means | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 0.50 | ||||||||
| 1.71 | 0.62 | −0.58 ** | |||||||
| 2.23 | 1.01 | −0.17 ** | 0.09 * | ||||||
| 2.18 | 0.95 | −0.33 ** | 0.15 ** | 0.75 ** | |||||
| 3.62 | 0.92 | 0.19 ** | −0.13 ** | −0.71 ** | −0.68 ** | ||||
| 2.88 | 0.83 | 0.11 * | −0.11 * | −0.38 ** | −0.28 ** | 0.36 ** | |||
| 3.77 | 0.63 | −0.06 | 0.00 | −0.31 ** | −0.41 ** | 0.42 ** | 0.14 ** | ||
| 2.66 | 1.04 | 0.05 | −0.05 | 0.59 ** | 0.55 ** | 0-.61 ** | −0.23 ** | −0.45 ** | |
| 4.04 | 0.50 | 0.08 | −0.09 | −0.23 ** | −0.21 ** | −0.32 ** | 0.11 * | 0.27 ** | −0.33 |
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Carvalho, V.S.; Santos, A.; Ribeiro, M.T.; Chambel, M.J. Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7339. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13137339
Carvalho VS, Santos A, Ribeiro MT, Chambel MJ. Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing. Sustainability. 2021; 13(13):7339. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13137339
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarvalho, Vânia Sofia, Alda Santos, Maria Teresa Ribeiro, and Maria José Chambel. 2021. "Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing" Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7339. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13137339