Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: Understand the tactics that nontraditional students use to manage the boundaries between work, home and study. Originality/gap/relevance/implications: The originality of this study relies on transfer of the focus from the conflict to the balance between work, home and study. It also breaks new ground by directing attention to the micro level of individual action, in contrast to a literature that traditionally studied organizational actions. Finally, it performs an innovative reading of the interface between work, home and study domains from the perspective of the boundary theory. Key methodological aspects: This qualitative study was held from 18 interviews that were recorded, transcribed and content analyzed, which revealed a list of individual tactics employed by respondents to reconcile the demands of work, home and study. Summary of key results: The analysis allowed us to identify 18 tactics that our respondents employ to negotiate the level of permeability between the boundaries between work, school and home. These tactics were classified as behavioral, communicative, physical and temporal. Key considerations/conclusions: The study revealed that students develop an active role by interpreting the expectations of the social actors from the home and work domains and from the institution where they study and adopt boundaries with degrees of permeability that enable a state of greater balance between these domains.
Highlights
Over 30 years ago, when Kanter (1977) had mentioned that work and non-work were worlds that could not be set apart, roles management had already RAM, REV
We have been open to other dimensions, all tactics presented can be inserted in the classification by Kreiner et al (2009), which emphasizes the saturation found in that study and the transferability of the categories found for other substantive areas
According to the research data, one of the tactics mostly mentioned by interviewees was “Using people”, which refers to the fact of an individual making use of collaboration and encouragement from a person linked to one of the domains in question, such as a spouse, child, secretary, supervisor and master’s colleague, for easier management of boundaries between work/study/home
Summary
Over 30 years ago, when Kanter (1977) had mentioned that work and non-work were worlds that could not be set apart, roles management had already RAM, REV. With the growing demands of society and the involvement of individuals in multiple roles, such management is paramount so that the individual and the organization may live together in an environment of less stress, with fewer health problems, greater productivity and employees’. Commitment (Cappi & Araujo, 2015). It arises the great importance of studies of conflict and balance between different domains of life. There is growing evidence that workers are facing great pressure at work and in personal life (Geurts & Demerouti, 2003), which makes the balance between work and home domains an important issue to the current workforce. Many organizations are pressuring their employees, expecting more work out of fewer people, making it difficult to manage the demands of domains
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