Strong boundary control, weak boundary control and tailor-made solutions
The Role of Household Governance Structures in Work-Family Time Allocation and Mismatch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2172285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Wotschack (0000-0001-5899-9310), Arie Glebbeek, Rafael Wittek (0000-0002-8473-6984) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 436-455 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Work & Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13668803.2014.923380 |
| OpenAlex | W2007866295 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 32 |
To date, the gaps between actual and preferred working hours are mostly theorised and analysed at the individual level. This article provides new insights as to what extent different household arrangements relate to matches or mismatches concerning the achievement of a desired time allocation. The concept of household governance refers to regulations and practices families apply to keep work–family relationships under control, like the earner model, outsourcing of household task and household rules. This article explores by linear regression analyses how these are related to time-use problems of families: the gap between actual and preferred working hours, lack of free time and the experience of time pressure. The rivalling perspectives of flexibility, regulation and boundary theory have different predictions as to which modes of governance produce favourable outcomes. The results generally support boundary theory. However, households often are unable to choose their earner model optimally
Boundary (topology · Business · Control (management · Corporate governance · Econometrics · Economics · Flexibility (engineering · Management · Microeconomics · Outsourcing · Public economics · Task (project management · Time allocation · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Mathematics · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Finance · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |