Jeffrey H Greenhaus
Biographic Data
| ID | 121037 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey H Greenhaus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey H |
| FAMILY NAME | Greenhaus |
| SIGNATURE | GREENHAUS J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Drexel University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0826-9018 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 120 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mechanisms by which the home domain influences career sustainability: An integrative approach
Rapidly shifting economic, technological, and personal factors that threaten employees’ well-being at work have triggered a growing interest in sustainable careers, broadly construed as careers that provide individuals with long-term positive experiences at work. Although the literature has identified a variety of home-domain factors that influence the development of a sustainable career, it has failed to provide an integrative and comprehensive …
Advancing Research on Career Sustainability
Interest in sustainable careers has grown substantially in recent decades as a host of external and personal forces has increasingly disrupted individuals’ continued employment or diminished the quality of their experiences at work. However, there is a lack of consensus regarding the definition and measurement of career sustainability that limits our understanding of the career sustainability process. In this article, we propose a definition that…
Building cultural intelligence through supervisor support: Social exchange and subjective career success as mediators and organisational support as a moderator
This study offers a new perspective on how organisational factors influence migrant workers' cultural intelligence (CQ) by examining a moderated mediation model of the mechanism underlying the relationship between perceived supervisor support and CQ. We tested our model using a survey on a sample of 462 migrants. We found that employees' social exchange and subjective career success mediated the relationship between their perceptions of superviso…
A meta‐analytic investigation of the personal and work‐related antecedents of work–family balance
We conducted a meta‐analysis examining antecedents of work–family balance, including personal characteristics, work demands, and work resources, as well as bidirectional conflict and enrichment. Bivariate results across 130 independent samples ( N = 223 055) revealed that personal characteristics linked to more negative affect (i.e., neuroticism) and work demands (i.e., work hours, work overload, and job insecurity) were negatively associated wit…
Introduction to Special Topic Forum: Advancing and Expanding Work-Life Theory from Multiple Perspectives
Research on the work-life interface has exploded over the past five decades because of trends in the nature of gender roles, families, work, and careers. However, work-life theory has not kept up with the explosion in research. The purpose of this special topic forum is to offer a corrective by developing new theory to make sense of the research to date and to guide future research. The six articles in this forum make substantial contributions to…
The jingle-jangle of work–nonwork balance: A comprehensive and meta-analytic review of its meaning and measurement.
We review research on work-nonwork balance to examine the presence of the jingle fallacy-attributing different meanings to a single construct label-and the jangle fallacy-using different labels for a single construct. In 290 papers, we found 233 conceptual definitions that clustered into 5 distinct, interpretable types, suggesting evidence of the jingle fallacy. We calculated Euclidean distances to quantify the extent of the jingle fallacy and fo…
A meta‐analysis of the antecedents of work–family enrichment
This study meta‐analytically examined theoretically derived antecedents of both directions of work–family enrichment (sometimes labeled facilitation or positive spillover), namely, work–family enrichment and family–work enrichment. Contextual and personal characteristics specific to each domain were examined. Resource‐providing (e.g., social support and work autonomy) and resource‐depleting (e.g., role overload) contextual characteristics were co…
Making Work and Family Work: From Hard Choices to Smart Choices
Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to identifying the smart choices that all parties involved—society, employers, employees and families—should make to promote greater work–life balance. Leading scholars Jeffrey Greenhaus and Gary Powell begin by identifying the factors that work against an employee’s ability to be effective and satisfied i…
Dual Career Ladders in Organizations
Organizations with dual career ladders provide technical employees with alternative opportunities for organizational advancement. Technical professionals may choose to advance through one of two ladders – the management ladder or the technical ladder. Ideally, both ladders provide similar career advancement opportunities and organizational rewards. It has been suggested that providing technical professionals with career advancement alternatives c…
Relationship between protean career orientation and work–life balance: A resource perspective
Despite the commonly held belief that a protean career orientation (PCO) enables employees to achieve more balance in their lives, little is known about the relationship between PCO and work–life balance. Using two waves of data collection separated by 2.5 years, this study examined the relationship between PCO and work–life balance among a sample of 367 college‐educated employees in the United States. Analysis was conducted to empirically distin…
The Contemporary Career: A Work–Home Perspective
This article proposes a perspective on careers that recognizes the interdependencies between work and home over the life course and is particularly suitable to contemporary careers. We first discuss the meaning of a work–home (WH) perspective and elaborate on the economic, organizational, and workforce changes that have affected contemporary careers. We then illustrate the implications of adopting a WH perspective for four streams of scholarship …
Expanding the boundaries of work-family research: A vision for the future
Poelmans, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus & Mireia Las Heras PART I: WORK-LIFE POLICIES AND FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONS Work-Family Policies: Linking National Contexts, Organizational Practice and People for Multi-level Change. Ellen Ernst Kossek & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre Do Work-Family Policies Really 'Work'? Evidence from Indian Call Centres Sweta Rajan-Rankin & Mark Tomlinson PART II: WORK-LIFE CULTURE AND PRACTICES IN ORGANIZATIONS Decon…
Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research
With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. The authors offer a bold look at the future and provide guide
Career Dynamics
This chapter examines recent developments in theory and research regarding career dynamics. We first discuss changes in the world of work, focusing on the turbulence of the contemporary economy and the resultant movement toward a more market-driven approach to managing human resources that has produced changes in the construal and enactment of careers. We then examine theory and research in five specific areas that are critical to understanding c…
Research on Work, Family, and Gender: Current Status and Future Directions
The Role of Maternal Employment, Role-Altering Strategies, and Gender in College Students’ Expectations of Work–Family Conflict
Managing incidents of work-family conflict: A decision-making perspective
The present study proposed a decision process that people follow in incidents of work-family conflict and offered an initial test of factors that may influence their decisions. It distinguished between decisions regarding the mobilization of social support to avoid conflict and decisions regarding participation in a work and/or family activity if the conflict was not avoided. According to analyses of critical incidents provided by managers and pr…
Health Consequences of Work–Family Conflict: The Dark Side of the Work–Family Interface
In this chapter, we review the literature on the relationship of work–family conflict with health outcomes and well-being. We discuss the meaning of work–family conflict and then present a theoretical model that depicts the psychological process by which work–family conflict affects negative emotions, dissatisfaction with life and its component roles, health-related behavior, and physical health. We conclude with suggestions regarding the develop…
Special Reviewers
The relation between work–family balance and quality of life
Career involvement and family involvement as moderators of relationships between work–family conflict and withdrawal from a profession
This study extended prior analyses by J. H. Greenhaus, K. M. Collins, R. Singh, and S. Parasuraman (1997) by examining relationships between 2 directions of work-family conflict (work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict) and withdrawal from public accounting. The sample consisted of 199 members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (135 men and 64 women) who were married or in a long-term relationship and who had 1 …
The New Careers: Individual Action and Economic Change, Arthur MB, Inkson K, and Pringle JK. 1999. Sage: London. 181pp
Work and Family—Allies or Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices
"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professionals, this volume will help readers understand and deal with the effects of gender, professional culture, and social expectations on the evolving roles of men and women in cr…
Integrating Work and Family: Challenges and Choices for a Changing World
Role stressors, social support, and well‐being among two‐career couples
The study examined relationships among work and family role stressors, work—family conflict, social support, and well‐being using data gathered from 119 men and 119 women who were partners in a two‐career relationship. Results showed that within‐domain relationships of stressors with well‐being are stronger than between‐domain relationships. Thus, work and family role stressors were primarily related to job satisfaction and family satisfaction re…
Role stressors, social support, and well‐being among two‐career couples
The study examined relationships among work and family role stressors, work—family conflict, social support, and well‐being using data gathered from 119 men and 119 women who were partners in a two‐career relationship. Results showed that within‐domain relationships of stressors with well‐being are stronger than between‐domain relationships. Thus, work and family role stressors were primarily related to job satisfaction and family satisfaction re…
A meta‐analysis of the antecedents of work–family enrichment
This study meta‐analytically examined theoretically derived antecedents of both directions of work–family enrichment (sometimes labeled facilitation or positive spillover), namely, work–family enrichment and family–work enrichment. Contextual and personal characteristics specific to each domain were examined. Resource‐providing (e.g., social support and work autonomy) and resource‐depleting (e.g., role overload) contextual characteristics were co…
Managing incidents of work-family conflict: A decision-making perspective
The present study proposed a decision process that people follow in incidents of work-family conflict and offered an initial test of factors that may influence their decisions. It distinguished between decisions regarding the mobilization of social support to avoid conflict and decisions regarding participation in a work and/or family activity if the conflict was not avoided. According to analyses of critical incidents provided by managers and pr…
Relationship between protean career orientation and work–life balance: A resource perspective
Despite the commonly held belief that a protean career orientation (PCO) enables employees to achieve more balance in their lives, little is known about the relationship between PCO and work–life balance. Using two waves of data collection separated by 2.5 years, this study examined the relationship between PCO and work–life balance among a sample of 367 college‐educated employees in the United States. Analysis was conducted to empirically distin…
The Role of Maternal Employment, Role-Altering Strategies, and Gender in College Students’ Expectations of Work–Family Conflict
A meta‐analytic investigation of the personal and work‐related antecedents of work–family balance
We conducted a meta‐analysis examining antecedents of work–family balance, including personal characteristics, work demands, and work resources, as well as bidirectional conflict and enrichment. Bivariate results across 130 independent samples ( N = 223 055) revealed that personal characteristics linked to more negative affect (i.e., neuroticism) and work demands (i.e., work hours, work overload, and job insecurity) were negatively associated wit…
A Proposed Model of Support Provided by Two-Earner Couples
Predictors of providing support among two-earner couples have rarely been examined. This paper reviews existing literature on work family dynamics and proposes that providing support is a consequence of factors in the support environment, the provider's resources, and the provider's willingness to provide support based on perceptions of equity, appropriateness, and rewards
The Structure of College Goals
Higher education can serve a variety of functions or goals. Traditionally, researchers have developed a small list of college goals ( to prepare for a carcer, to make fr~ends) and had students either check the most important goal (Rose, 1964) or rank the goals in order of importance (Goldsen, 1951) . The purpose of this study was to factor analyze responses to a larger number of college goals presented as a College Goals Questionnaire to 172 fres…
Relationship between Locus of Control and Reactions of Employees to Work Characteristics
To determine whether employees' locus of control moderated the relationship between several work characteristics (autonomy, feedback, performance-reward connections, job involvement) and job satisfaction 193 managers in a large utility company participated. Internals ( n = 58) perceived more autonomy, feedback, and performance-reward connections on their jobs than externals ( n = 69). Internals were more involved and satisfied with their jobs tha…
Work experiences, job performance, and feelings of personal and family well-being
Effects of Race on Organizational Experience, Job Performance Evaluations, and Career Outcomes.
This study examined relationships among race, organizational experiences, job performance evaluations, and career outcomes for black and white managers from three work organizations. Compared to wh...
Role stressors, social support, and well‐being among two‐career couples
The study examined relationships among work and family role stressors, work—family conflict, social support, and well‐being using data gathered from 119 men and 119 women who were partners in a two‐career relationship. Results showed that within‐domain relationships of stressors with well‐being are stronger than between‐domain relationships. Thus, work and family role stressors were primarily related to job satisfaction and family satisfaction re…
A Proposed Model of Support Provided by Two-Earner Couples
Predictors of providing support among two-earner couples have rarely been examined. This paper reviews existing literature on work family dynamics and proposes that providing support is a consequence of factors in the support environment, the provider's resources, and the provider's willingness to provide support based on perceptions of equity, appropriateness, and rewards
Integrating Work and Family: Challenges and Choices for a Changing World
Work and Family—Allies or Enemies?: What Happens When Business Professionals Confront Life Choices
"Work and Family - Allies or Enemies? offers a fresh new lens for viewing the real struggles that business professionals face in their daily battle to find ways of "getting a life" and "having it all." Based on a pioneering study that surveyed more than 800 business professionals, this volume will help readers understand and deal with the effects of gender, professional culture, and social expectations on the evolving roles of men and women in cr…
Career involvement and family involvement as moderators of relationships between work–family conflict and withdrawal from a profession
This study extended prior analyses by J. H. Greenhaus, K. M. Collins, R. Singh, and S. Parasuraman (1997) by examining relationships between 2 directions of work-family conflict (work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict) and withdrawal from public accounting. The sample consisted of 199 members of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (135 men and 64 women) who were married or in a long-term relationship and who had 1 …
The New Careers: Individual Action and Economic Change, Arthur MB, Inkson K, and Pringle JK. 1999. Sage: London. 181pp
The relation between work–family balance and quality of life
Health Consequences of Work–Family Conflict: The Dark Side of the Work–Family Interface
In this chapter, we review the literature on the relationship of work–family conflict with health outcomes and well-being. We discuss the meaning of work–family conflict and then present a theoretical model that depicts the psychological process by which work–family conflict affects negative emotions, dissatisfaction with life and its component roles, health-related behavior, and physical health. We conclude with suggestions regarding the develop…
Special Reviewers
The Role of Maternal Employment, Role-Altering Strategies, and Gender in College Students’ Expectations of Work–Family Conflict
Managing incidents of work-family conflict: A decision-making perspective
The present study proposed a decision process that people follow in incidents of work-family conflict and offered an initial test of factors that may influence their decisions. It distinguished between decisions regarding the mobilization of social support to avoid conflict and decisions regarding participation in a work and/or family activity if the conflict was not avoided. According to analyses of critical incidents provided by managers and pr…
Career Dynamics
This chapter examines recent developments in theory and research regarding career dynamics. We first discuss changes in the world of work, focusing on the turbulence of the contemporary economy and the resultant movement toward a more market-driven approach to managing human resources that has produced changes in the construal and enactment of careers. We then examine theory and research in five specific areas that are critical to understanding c…
Research on Work, Family, and Gender: Current Status and Future Directions
Expanding the boundaries of work-family research: A vision for the future
Poelmans, Jeffrey H. Greenhaus & Mireia Las Heras PART I: WORK-LIFE POLICIES AND FLEXIBLE WORK ARRANGEMENTS IN ORGANIZATIONS Work-Family Policies: Linking National Contexts, Organizational Practice and People for Multi-level Change. Ellen Ernst Kossek & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre Do Work-Family Policies Really 'Work'? Evidence from Indian Call Centres Sweta Rajan-Rankin & Mark Tomlinson PART II: WORK-LIFE CULTURE AND PRACTICES IN ORGANIZATIONS Decon…
Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research
With contributions from thirty authors from fifteen countries, this is a 'white book' for international work-family research and practice. The authors offer a bold look at the future and provide guide
The Contemporary Career: A Work–Home Perspective
This article proposes a perspective on careers that recognizes the interdependencies between work and home over the life course and is particularly suitable to contemporary careers. We first discuss the meaning of a work–home (WH) perspective and elaborate on the economic, organizational, and workforce changes that have affected contemporary careers. We then illustrate the implications of adopting a WH perspective for four streams of scholarship …
Dual Career Ladders in Organizations
Organizations with dual career ladders provide technical employees with alternative opportunities for organizational advancement. Technical professionals may choose to advance through one of two ladders – the management ladder or the technical ladder. Ideally, both ladders provide similar career advancement opportunities and organizational rewards. It has been suggested that providing technical professionals with career advancement alternatives c…
Relationship between protean career orientation and work–life balance: A resource perspective
Despite the commonly held belief that a protean career orientation (PCO) enables employees to achieve more balance in their lives, little is known about the relationship between PCO and work–life balance. Using two waves of data collection separated by 2.5 years, this study examined the relationship between PCO and work–life balance among a sample of 367 college‐educated employees in the United States. Analysis was conducted to empirically distin…
Making Work and Family Work: From Hard Choices to Smart Choices
Making Work and Family Work investigates the difficult choices that contemporary employees must face when juggling work and family with a view to identifying the smart choices that all parties involved—society, employers, employees and families—should make to promote greater work–life balance. Leading scholars Jeffrey Greenhaus and Gary Powell begin by identifying the factors that work against an employee’s ability to be effective and satisfied i…
A meta‐analysis of the antecedents of work–family enrichment
This study meta‐analytically examined theoretically derived antecedents of both directions of work–family enrichment (sometimes labeled facilitation or positive spillover), namely, work–family enrichment and family–work enrichment. Contextual and personal characteristics specific to each domain were examined. Resource‐providing (e.g., social support and work autonomy) and resource‐depleting (e.g., role overload) contextual characteristics were co…
The jingle-jangle of work–nonwork balance: A comprehensive and meta-analytic review of its meaning and measurement.
We review research on work-nonwork balance to examine the presence of the jingle fallacy-attributing different meanings to a single construct label-and the jangle fallacy-using different labels for a single construct. In 290 papers, we found 233 conceptual definitions that clustered into 5 distinct, interpretable types, suggesting evidence of the jingle fallacy. We calculated Euclidean distances to quantify the extent of the jingle fallacy and fo…
Psychology (23 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (19 works) · Social Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Political science (13 works) · Engineering (12 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (12 works) · Social Psychology (10 works) · Work (physics (10 works) · Public relations (9 works)