Work-Family Enrichment A Research of Positive Transfer
This book aims to promote individuals’ personal and vocational wellbeing through an increased awareness on the invaluable nature of the positive role interaction between work and family contexts. Built upon rich theoretical and empirical evidence in the e
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Work-Family Enrichment A Research of Positive Transfer Jennifer Shein Charles P. Chen University of Toronto, Canada
SENSE PUBLISHERS ROTTERDAM/BOSTON/TAIPEI
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ISBN: 978-94-6091-380-8 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6091-381-5 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6091-382-2 (e-book)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 Interest in the Work-Family Interface ............................................................... 1 Role Conflict: Scarcity and Depletion............................................................... 1 Role Accumulation: Synergies Exist and should be Explored .......................... 2 A Metatheory: Donald Super’s Life-Span, Life-space Approach ..................... 3 Current Investigations of the Positive Side of the Work-family Interface ........ 4 A New Theoretical Model and a Valid Global Measure of Enrichment ........... 5 Rationale for Qualitative Research on Work-family Enrichment...................... 6 Rationale for Studying Senior Managers........................................................... 6 The Current Study ............................................................................................. 7 2. Theoretical and Empirical Foundation ................................................................ 9 Super’s Life-span, Life-space Approach and the Life-career Rainbow............. 9 Previous Research on the Benefits of Combining Work and Family Roles ............................................................................................... 11 A Theoretical Model of Work-family Enrichment .......................................... 24 A Valid Global Work-Family Enrichment Scale............................................. 28 Statement of the Research Questions .............................................................. 30 3. Research Approach............................................................................................ 33 Qualitative Methodology................................................................................. 33 The Critical Incident Technique ...................................................................... 35 Participants ...................................................................................................... 38 De
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