"Rethinking Career Boundaries: Boundary Preferences, Employee Attitudes and Career Behavior"

Rodrigues, Ricardo Martins; Guest, David; Oliveira, Teresa Carla; Budjanovcanin, Alexandra

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“…The success of achieving a satisfactory conception of boundary depends on individuals' preferences for boundaries (Mellner et al, 2014;Rodrigues et al, 2015). This is because individuals differ in the extent to which they fence off their work life from their nonwork life (Nippert-Eng, 1996).…”

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In search of perfect boundaries? Entrepreneurs’ work-life balance

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Gbadamosi

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Purpose Does the self-employed nature of entrepreneurs’ business ventures mean that they have perfect boundaries between their work and nonwork lives? Drawing on border theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine entrepreneurs’ work–life balance (WLB) in terms of how they construct and manage the borders between their work and nonwork lives. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopt a qualitative research approach to enhance their insight into entrepreneurs’ WLB using border theory. The study benefits from its empirical focus on Nigerian migrants in London who represent a distinct minority group living in urban areas in the developed world. Data for the study was collected over a three-month period, utilising semi-structured interviews as the primary method of data collection. Findings The study’s findings indicate that entrepreneurs prioritise “work” over “life” and reveal that entrepreneurs have little desire for boundaries as they work everywhere, which makes long working hours prevalent among them. Furthermore, the findings bring to the fore the prevalent social anomaly of entrepreneurs preferring to be unmarried, single and even divorced as a result of or associated with the entrepreneurs’ boundaries creation and management. Research limitations/implications The extent to which the findings of this research can be generalised is constrained by the limited and selected sample of the research. Practical implications Research on human resource management (HRM) in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or businesses in which entrepreneurs operate is still under developed. The issue of the size and the nature of an organisation (i.e. labour or product market influences, ownership structures, etc.) have profound implications for human resources (HR) structures, policies and practices and the quality of the WLB of entrepreneurs. Research on HRM and entrepreneurship is still evolving. Consequently, HRM in several entrepreneurial business ventures is sometimes (if not often) organisationally fluid and ad hoc. The main implication for this work environment is that there may be little structure in HRM policies and processes to help self-employed entrepreneurs in their ability to comprehensively manage border crossing and to achieve WLB. Originality/value This paper provides valuable insights into entrepreneurs’ work/nonwork boundaries, which is hugely influenced by the commodification of time and money. It also enriches work–life border theory and its social constructionist perspective.

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“…The success of achieving a satisfactory conception of boundary depends on individuals' preferences for boundaries (Mellner et al, 2014;Rodrigues et al, 2015).…”

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In search of perfect boundaries? Entrepreneurs’ work-life balance

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“…work-life balance or personal growth) relative to one's internal career anchors, leading to 'psychological success' as the major indicator of career success [56]. The increasingly pluriform workforce, the rising importance of other areas of life, such as 'quality time' with family and friends, and the increasing individualization, to mention but a few, urge us to prevent thinking in categories regarding retirement age, career peaks, career success or learning needs [57]. What psychological success entails to an individual can vary depending on his/her career stage or broader life context and thus individuals themselves and their important stakeholders (using a non-normative (or idiosyncratic) framework) need to have a good understanding of what matters to them.…”

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Current thinking on contemporary careers: the key roles of sustainable HRM and sustainability of careers

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Heijden

2017

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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This paper approaches the sustainability of careers, departing from contemporary views on sustainable Human Resource Management (HRM) and key concepts in the current career literature. Recently, the notion of sustainable careers has gained attention as a key perspective on contemporary careers and is assumed to be critical for the resilience of individuals in an increasingly complex and unpredictable career environment. Viewing careers as an ecosystem in which several actors (individual, organization, labor market) are involved, this paper reviews current thinking on sustainable HRM to elaborate our thinking on sustainable careers. We highlight pertinent challenges for realizing continuity in careers that are: (1) becoming increasingly longer and less predictable; (2) in general, less bounded to one organizational context and characterized by new ways of working; (3) putting an increased responsibility on the individual career actor; and (4) that have moved from a socially shared view on the meaning of career success as steady progression to a focus on personal meaning. We conclude that further research is important for understanding how different actors within the career ecosystem can help to ensure that the conditions for sustainability are met in view of creating a more resilient career system.

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Neue Laufbahnmodelle in Theorie und Praxis: Eine kritische Würdigung

Gubler¹

2017

Handbuch Karriere Und Laufbahnmanagement

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"Rethinking Career Boundaries: Boundary Preferences, Employee Attitudes and Career Behavior"

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In search of perfect boundaries? Entrepreneurs’ work-life balance

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Current thinking on contemporary careers: the key roles of sustainable HRM and sustainability of careers

Neue Laufbahnmodelle in Theorie und Praxis: Eine kritische Würdigung

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