Boris B Baltes
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris B Baltes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris B |
| FAMILY NAME | Baltes |
| SIGNATURE | BALTES B B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayne State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8382-5734 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 209 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social Change in the Turbulent Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examines whether (and why) the accumulation of perceived work-related demands associated with social change in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic relates to psychological distress among a sample of employed adults in dual-earning relationships living in the United States. Using data from a cross-sectional online survey ( N = 418) administered during the early months of the pandemic, multivariate results indicate a positive associatio…
Remote Work and Work-Family Conflict during Covid-19
The study investigates the association of the extent of remote work with men’s and women’s behavioral work-family conflict and their partners’ behavioral work-family conflict. The authors examine if these effects vary by parental status. Analyses of survey data from 343 U.S. dual-earning couples collected during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic show that among couples with children, their extent of remote work is positively associated with b…
Covid-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships
We propose that the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions to daily life that followed had greater negative impact on the mental health, as measured by psychological distress, of employed parents than nonparents, because of an associated increase in both directions of work-family conflict and work-family guilt among this group of the population. To test this argument, we examined pooled data from two cross-sectional online surveys administered to…
New Directions for Measurement in the Field of Work, Aging and Retirement
Research on work, aging and retirement has reached a level of maturity as indicated by an established base of empirical findings and an increasing number of empirical studies on these and related phenomena. Given the development of the field, it is a good time to critically reflect on the measurement of core theoretical constructs that inform our understanding of work and aging and of retirement-related processes. Moreover, given the increasing p…
Work Across the Lifespan
Who is Aging Successfully at Work? A Latent Profile Analysis of Successful Agers and their Work Motives
Recent discussions surrounding successful aging at work have highlighted the importance of many factors both individual and contextual. The current study takes a person-centered approach to gain a deeper understanding of how these factors combine to characterize individuals who are more likely to age successfully at work. Through the application of latent profile analysis, based on various conceptualizations of age, we identify a main two-profile…
Organizational Support Factors and Work-Family Outcomes
The present study examines the relationship between a variety of organizational support factors and work-family outcomes, as well as gender differences in these relationships. A random sample of 229 working adults completed phone surveys, and multiple regression analysis was used to test the proposed relationships. Results showed that certain types of support may differentially benefit women and men, highlighting the value of having a supervisor …
Aging and Work
The Importance of Workplace Motives in Understanding Work–Family Issues for Older Workers
Journal Article The Importance of Workplace Motives in Understanding Work–Family Issues for Older Workers Get access Gregory R. Thrasher, Gregory R. Thrasher Department of Psychology, Wayne State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Keith Zabel, Keith Zabel Department of Psychology, Wayne State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kevin Wynne, Kevin Wynn…
Future time perspective, regulatory focus, and selection, optimization, and compensation
This study examines the behavioral processes through which future time perspective (FTP) and regulatory focus may influence coping behaviors in older workers. A three‐wave longitudinal study was conducted to test a novel model, positing that FTP affects regulatory focus, which then influences the coping strategies of selection, optimization, and compensation. A sample of participants from the Netherlands was invited to participate and complete on…
Contemporary empirical advancements in the study of aging in the workplace
Antecedents of work–family conflict
This study provides and meta‐analytically examines an organizing framework and theoretical model of work–family conflict. Results, based on 1080 correlations from 178 samples, indicate that work role stressors (job stressors, role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload, time demands), work role involvement (job involvement, work interest/centrality), work social support (organizational support, supervisor support, coworker support), work charact…
Work-Life Balance
Psychological climate
Psychological climate is defined as individual employee perceptions of their work environment. This study advances our understanding of the psychological climate construct by addressing a generally ignored issue of frame of reference through measuring psychological climate with an organizational referent (PCo) and an individual referent (PCi). PCo reflects employee perceptions of their organizational environment in general; whereas, PCi reflects …
The relationship between self‐reported received and perceived social support
Social support is broad term encompassing a variety of constructs, including support perceptions (perceived support) and receipt of supportive behaviors (received support). Of these constructs, only perceived support has been regarded as consistently linked to health, and researchers have offered differing assessments of the strength of the received‐perceived support relationship. An overall estimate of the received‐perceived support relationship…
Cultural Differences in Distributive and Procedural Justice
The purpose of this study was to examine cultural differences in perceptions of distributive and procedural justice. Four different structural equation models of the relationship between distributive and procedural justice and their impact on systemic and individual outcome variables were tested. The models are similar to those tested by Sweeney and McFarlin, who found support for a two-factor model in a sample of employees from the United States…
Relationships between psychological climate perceptions and work outcomes
In this study, meta‐analytic procedures were used to examine the relationships between individual‐level (psychological) climate perceptions and work outcomes such as employee attitudes, psychological well‐being, motivation, and performance. Our review of the literature generated 121 independent samples in which climate perceptions were measured and analyzed at the individual level. These studies document considerable confusion regarding the const…
Reducing the Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Performance Evaluations
Using Life-Span Models in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Life-span models and their emphasis on individual differences in aging and development fit perfectly with industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology's underlying theoretical assumptions. Furthermore, certain life-span metatheories can provide an overarching framework from which to understand various I-O research areas. This article attempts to demonstrate how a specific life-span model of successful aging-selective optimization with compensation …
Flexible and compressed workweek schedules
Antecedents of work–family conflict
This study provides and meta‐analytically examines an organizing framework and theoretical model of work–family conflict. Results, based on 1080 correlations from 178 samples, indicate that work role stressors (job stressors, role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload, time demands), work role involvement (job involvement, work interest/centrality), work social support (organizational support, supervisor support, coworker support), work charact…
Reducing the Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Performance Evaluations
Future time perspective, regulatory focus, and selection, optimization, and compensation
This study examines the behavioral processes through which future time perspective (FTP) and regulatory focus may influence coping behaviors in older workers. A three‐wave longitudinal study was conducted to test a novel model, positing that FTP affects regulatory focus, which then influences the coping strategies of selection, optimization, and compensation. A sample of participants from the Netherlands was invited to participate and complete on…
Psychological climate
Psychological climate is defined as individual employee perceptions of their work environment. This study advances our understanding of the psychological climate construct by addressing a generally ignored issue of frame of reference through measuring psychological climate with an organizational referent (PCo) and an individual referent (PCi). PCo reflects employee perceptions of their organizational environment in general; whereas, PCi reflects …
Contemporary empirical advancements in the study of aging in the workplace
Organizational Support Factors and Work-Family Outcomes
The present study examines the relationship between a variety of organizational support factors and work-family outcomes, as well as gender differences in these relationships. A random sample of 229 working adults completed phone surveys, and multiple regression analysis was used to test the proposed relationships. Results showed that certain types of support may differentially benefit women and men, highlighting the value of having a supervisor …
The Importance of Workplace Motives in Understanding Work–Family Issues for Older Workers
Journal Article The Importance of Workplace Motives in Understanding Work–Family Issues for Older Workers Get access Gregory R. Thrasher, Gregory R. Thrasher Department of Psychology, Wayne State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Keith Zabel, Keith Zabel Department of Psychology, Wayne State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kevin Wynne, Kevin Wynn…
New Directions for Measurement in the Field of Work, Aging and Retirement
Research on work, aging and retirement has reached a level of maturity as indicated by an established base of empirical findings and an increasing number of empirical studies on these and related phenomena. Given the development of the field, it is a good time to critically reflect on the measurement of core theoretical constructs that inform our understanding of work and aging and of retirement-related processes. Moreover, given the increasing p…
Who is Aging Successfully at Work? A Latent Profile Analysis of Successful Agers and their Work Motives
Recent discussions surrounding successful aging at work have highlighted the importance of many factors both individual and contextual. The current study takes a person-centered approach to gain a deeper understanding of how these factors combine to characterize individuals who are more likely to age successfully at work. Through the application of latent profile analysis, based on various conceptualizations of age, we identify a main two-profile…
Cultural Differences in Distributive and Procedural Justice
The purpose of this study was to examine cultural differences in perceptions of distributive and procedural justice. Four different structural equation models of the relationship between distributive and procedural justice and their impact on systemic and individual outcome variables were tested. The models are similar to those tested by Sweeney and McFarlin, who found support for a two-factor model in a sample of employees from the United States…
Flexible and compressed workweek schedules
Using Life-Span Models in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Life-span models and their emphasis on individual differences in aging and development fit perfectly with industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology's underlying theoretical assumptions. Furthermore, certain life-span metatheories can provide an overarching framework from which to understand various I-O research areas. This article attempts to demonstrate how a specific life-span model of successful aging-selective optimization with compensation …
Reducing the Effects of Gender Stereotypes on Performance Evaluations
Relationships between psychological climate perceptions and work outcomes
In this study, meta‐analytic procedures were used to examine the relationships between individual‐level (psychological) climate perceptions and work outcomes such as employee attitudes, psychological well‐being, motivation, and performance. Our review of the literature generated 121 independent samples in which climate perceptions were measured and analyzed at the individual level. These studies document considerable confusion regarding the const…
The relationship between self‐reported received and perceived social support
Social support is broad term encompassing a variety of constructs, including support perceptions (perceived support) and receipt of supportive behaviors (received support). Of these constructs, only perceived support has been regarded as consistently linked to health, and researchers have offered differing assessments of the strength of the received‐perceived support relationship. An overall estimate of the received‐perceived support relationship…
Cultural Differences in Distributive and Procedural Justice
The purpose of this study was to examine cultural differences in perceptions of distributive and procedural justice. Four different structural equation models of the relationship between distributive and procedural justice and their impact on systemic and individual outcome variables were tested. The models are similar to those tested by Sweeney and McFarlin, who found support for a two-factor model in a sample of employees from the United States…
Work-Life Balance
Psychological climate
Psychological climate is defined as individual employee perceptions of their work environment. This study advances our understanding of the psychological climate construct by addressing a generally ignored issue of frame of reference through measuring psychological climate with an organizational referent (PCo) and an individual referent (PCi). PCo reflects employee perceptions of their organizational environment in general; whereas, PCi reflects …
Antecedents of work–family conflict
This study provides and meta‐analytically examines an organizing framework and theoretical model of work–family conflict. Results, based on 1080 correlations from 178 samples, indicate that work role stressors (job stressors, role conflict, role ambiguity, role overload, time demands), work role involvement (job involvement, work interest/centrality), work social support (organizational support, supervisor support, coworker support), work charact…
Contemporary empirical advancements in the study of aging in the workplace
Future time perspective, regulatory focus, and selection, optimization, and compensation
This study examines the behavioral processes through which future time perspective (FTP) and regulatory focus may influence coping behaviors in older workers. A three‐wave longitudinal study was conducted to test a novel model, positing that FTP affects regulatory focus, which then influences the coping strategies of selection, optimization, and compensation. A sample of participants from the Netherlands was invited to participate and complete on…
Aging and Work
The Importance of Workplace Motives in Understanding Work–Family Issues for Older Workers
Journal Article The Importance of Workplace Motives in Understanding Work–Family Issues for Older Workers Get access Gregory R. Thrasher, Gregory R. Thrasher Department of Psychology, Wayne State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Keith Zabel, Keith Zabel Department of Psychology, Wayne State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Kevin Wynne, Kevin Wynn…
Who is Aging Successfully at Work? A Latent Profile Analysis of Successful Agers and their Work Motives
Recent discussions surrounding successful aging at work have highlighted the importance of many factors both individual and contextual. The current study takes a person-centered approach to gain a deeper understanding of how these factors combine to characterize individuals who are more likely to age successfully at work. Through the application of latent profile analysis, based on various conceptualizations of age, we identify a main two-profile…
Organizational Support Factors and Work-Family Outcomes
The present study examines the relationship between a variety of organizational support factors and work-family outcomes, as well as gender differences in these relationships. A random sample of 229 working adults completed phone surveys, and multiple regression analysis was used to test the proposed relationships. Results showed that certain types of support may differentially benefit women and men, highlighting the value of having a supervisor …
Work Across the Lifespan
Covid-19 Onset, Parental Status, and Psychological Distress among Full-time Employed Heterosexual Adults in Dual-earning Relationships
We propose that the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions to daily life that followed had greater negative impact on the mental health, as measured by psychological distress, of employed parents than nonparents, because of an associated increase in both directions of work-family conflict and work-family guilt among this group of the population. To test this argument, we examined pooled data from two cross-sectional online surveys administered to…
New Directions for Measurement in the Field of Work, Aging and Retirement
Research on work, aging and retirement has reached a level of maturity as indicated by an established base of empirical findings and an increasing number of empirical studies on these and related phenomena. Given the development of the field, it is a good time to critically reflect on the measurement of core theoretical constructs that inform our understanding of work and aging and of retirement-related processes. Moreover, given the increasing p…
Remote Work and Work-Family Conflict during Covid-19
The study investigates the association of the extent of remote work with men’s and women’s behavioral work-family conflict and their partners’ behavioral work-family conflict. The authors examine if these effects vary by parental status. Analyses of survey data from 343 U.S. dual-earning couples collected during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic show that among couples with children, their extent of remote work is positively associated with b…
Social Change in the Turbulent Times of the Covid-19 Pandemic
This study examines whether (and why) the accumulation of perceived work-related demands associated with social change in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic relates to psychological distress among a sample of employed adults in dual-earning relationships living in the United States. Using data from a cross-sectional online survey ( N = 418) administered during the early months of the pandemic, multivariate results indicate a positive associatio…
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (7 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Medicine (5 works)