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1、BorderandBoundaryTheoryAconceptpaperforNC1030locatedandsubmittedbyHollySchrankOctober20,2006Thefollowingmaterialwasdownloadedfromhttp://wfnetwork.bc.edu/encyclopedia_entry.php?id=220onOctober20,2006.Permissiontouseanyorallofitshouldbesoughtfromtheauthorslistedbelow.Desrochcers,Stephan,&Sargent,Leisa
2、(2003).Boundary/BorderTheoryandWork-FamilyIntegration,ASloanWorkandFamilyEncyclopediaEntryStephanDesrochers,UniversityofMaineFarmington-DepartmentofPsychology,LeisaSargent,UniversityofMelbourne-DepartmentofManagementDate:9/09/03BasicConcepts&DefinitionsResearchershavelongrecognizedthatworkandfamilya
3、renot"separatespheres",butareinterdependentdomainsorroleswith"permeable"boundaries(Kanter,1977;Pleck,1977).Somehavegonebeyondrecognizingthislinkagetoadvocateinitiativesthatallowworkingfamiliestointegratethesedomains(e.g.,Bailyn,Drago,&Kochan,2001).Butothershaveexpressedconcernsovertheblurringboundar
4、ybetweenworkandfamilythatworkerscanexperienceifthereistoomuchwork-familyintegrationintheirlives,whichcanoccurifarrangementssuchasworkingathomeandusingmobiletechnologiestendtokeepworkconstantlyaccessible(Chesley,Moen,&Shore,2001;Galinsky&Kim,2000;Shamir,1992).Work-familybordertheory(Clark,2000)andbou
5、ndarytheory(Ashforth,Kreiner,&Fugate,2000)addresstheintegrationandblurringofboundariesinworkandfamilylife.Thesetheoriescontributetothestudyofwork-familylinkagesbydescribingtheconditionsunderwhichvaryingdegreesofwork-familyintegrationarelikelytoimproveordiminishindividualwell-being.Bothaddresshowpeop
6、leconstruct,maintain,negotiateandcrossboundariesorborders,the"linesofdemarcation"(Clark,2000)betweenworkandfamily.Next,weexaminethetheoriesmoreclosely.Boundarytheoryisageneralcognitivetheoryofsocialclassification(Zerubavel,1991;1996)thatfocusesonoutcomessuchasthemeaningspeopleassigntohomeandwork(Nip
7、pert-Eng,1996)andtheeaseandfrequencyoftransitioningbetweenroles(Ashforthetal.,2000).Incontrast,work-familybordertheoryisdevotedonlytoworkandfamilydomains.Theoutcomeofinterestinthistheoryiswork-familyb