Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates

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Autor(a) principal: NÓBREGA,MARCOS ROBERTO
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: FELIX,BRUNO
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos EBAPE.BR
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-39512021000300582
Resumo: Abstract This study aims to understand the tactics that expatriates use to manage the interface between work and home. This qualitative study was performed using in-depth interviews later submitted to content analysis, with 64 male Brazilian expatriates. The results showed that expatriates manage the conflicts that may appear in relationships with social actors from the organizational (e.g., employers, customers, and suppliers) and home (spouse, children, and parents) domains by using boundary work tactics. The analysis revealed a list of tactics that allow the expatriates to integrate or segment the work and home domains. This study suggests how expatriates can actively interact with people from work and home domains in such a way that they can build and maintain better work and home relationships during the period they are living in other country. Additionally, companies should develop work-home policies that consider the preferences that an expatriate and his family have for integrating or segmenting work and home domains.
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title Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
spellingShingle Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
NÓBREGA,MARCOS ROBERTO
Expatriates
Work-home balance
Boundaries
PE-Fit
title_short Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
title_full Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
title_fullStr Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
title_full_unstemmed Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
title_sort Managing the boundaries between work and home: a study with expatriates
author NÓBREGA,MARCOS ROBERTO
author_facet NÓBREGA,MARCOS ROBERTO
FELIX,BRUNO
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author2 FELIX,BRUNO
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv NÓBREGA,MARCOS ROBERTO
FELIX,BRUNO
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Expatriates
Work-home balance
Boundaries
PE-Fit
topic Expatriates
Work-home balance
Boundaries
PE-Fit
description Abstract This study aims to understand the tactics that expatriates use to manage the interface between work and home. This qualitative study was performed using in-depth interviews later submitted to content analysis, with 64 male Brazilian expatriates. The results showed that expatriates manage the conflicts that may appear in relationships with social actors from the organizational (e.g., employers, customers, and suppliers) and home (spouse, children, and parents) domains by using boundary work tactics. The analysis revealed a list of tactics that allow the expatriates to integrate or segment the work and home domains. This study suggests how expatriates can actively interact with people from work and home domains in such a way that they can build and maintain better work and home relationships during the period they are living in other country. Additionally, companies should develop work-home policies that consider the preferences that an expatriate and his family have for integrating or segmenting work and home domains.
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