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The roles of context and everyday experience in understanding work-non-work relationships : a qualitative diary study of white- and blue-collar workers
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Poppleton, Sarah, Briner, Rob B. and Kiefer, Tina (2010) The roles of context and everyday experience in understanding work-non-work relationships : a qualitative diary study of white- and blue-collar workers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology , Vol.81 (No.3). pp. 481-502. doi:10.1348/096317908X295182 ISSN 0963-1798.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/096317908X295182
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to address several of the limitations of work-non-work research by adopting a qualitative diary methodology which explored insiders' accounts of both the positive and negative aspects of work-non-work relationships and examined the role of context in shaping such relationships. Daily diary data on work-non-work events and post-diary interview data were collected from participants in two contrasting organizational contexts: Flexorg (N=20), a progressive local government organization and The Factory (N=18), a traditional manufacturing organization. Work-non-work relationships were found to be simultaneously enriching and depleting in both organizations. For Flexorg workers, work-non-work relationships were characterized by facilitation and time-based conflicts. At The Factory, high spillover from work to non-work and vice versa challenged the assumption that blue-collar work is typified by segmentation (Nippert-Eng, 1995). The experience of work-non-work events was shaped by the nature of the work, the work-non-work culture and working patterns in both organizations. The study also identified negative spillover as a qualitatively more important problem than work-non-work conflict in this study, and identified a social dimension of work-non-work conflict which was found across organizational contexts.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > International Centre for Governance & Public Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | ||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0963-1798 | ||||
Official Date: | 2010 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.81 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 22 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 481-502 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1348/096317908X295182 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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