Colleagues,
Please find the below call for papers which we hope you may find of
interest.
Call for Papers - Special Issue
Work and Family: Multi-level Perspectives
Guest Co-Editors
Noreen Heraty, University of Limerick, Ireland
Michael J Morley, University of Limerick, Ireland
Jeanette N Cleveland, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Work-family relationships are complex and multidimensional and remain an
important ongoing academic and social policy area that require
multidisciplinary and multi-level investigation and collaboration. Growing
out of research on inter-role conflict (Kahn et al, 1964) historically work
family research has tended to focus on relationships between specific work
and family variables and usually from either a family focused or a work
focused perspective. Here, the debate continues with respect to the
perceived ability of individuals to control stressors stemming from these
two domains. In their review of 190 work-family studies published in IO/OB,
Eby et al (2005:180) note that, while there is a growing body of research to
suggest that work and family can positively influence one another, there is
far more that points to a negative spillover in terms of work-family
conflict.
Against this backdrop, there is an ongoing concern that progress in the work
family research area has been somewhat restricted and may have failed to
take sufficient account of the complexity of work-family issues. Voydanoff
(1988; 2005) calls for a better reconceptualisation of the work family field
(to include non-paid work and non-traditional family structures) and better
measures of work-family fit and balance; Kossek & Ozeki (1998) similarly
call for more consistency and robustness in measurement, and better sampling
techniques; Barnett & Hyde (2001) call for new ways of thinking about the
work-family interface which Rotondo et al (2003) describe as a permeable
boundary; while Zedeck & Mosier (1990) & Frone (2003) highlight developments
in organizational strategies and policies for promoting work-family balance
at the individual and organizational level. Moreover, there appears to be a
dearth of research that focuses on the larger macro societal level within
which work and family domains exist and which can play a highly influential
role in the work-family interface.
Adopting a multi-level perspective encompassing social, organizational and
individual perspectives, this Special Issue of the Journal of Managerial
Psychology seeks conceptual papers, empirical papers, case studies and
critical commentaries focusing on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Theoretical frameworks used to explain work-family linkages;
- Social, demographics and work-family issues (e.g., sandwiched generation,
work-family issues across the life span);
- Organizational supports for work-family assistance including
organizational responsiveness, strategies and policies aimed at balancing
work and family;
- Definitional and measurement dilemmas within work and family regarding
boundaries of work (e.g., traditional, virtual, telework) and family
diversity (e.g., singles, traditional two parent, blended, adoptive, single
parents and so forth);
- Work-family interaction including work-family conflict/work-non-work
conflict; predictors, consequences and influence of work-family conflict;
- Health and wellness including general well-being, work related
psychological wellness (burnout and adjustment) and spillover effects of
role stress;
- Career and job-related outcomes including work attitudes, performance,
withdrawal and disengagement;
- Gender and diversity in work-family interactions including work-family
conflict, stress, career outcomes, work attitudes and values.
References
Barnett, R.C. & Hyde, J.S. (2001), "Women, Men, Work, and Family:An
Expansionist Theory", American Psychologist, 56(10), 781-796.
Eby, L., Casper, W., Lockwood, A., Bordeaux, C. & A. Brinley (2005) "Work
and Family Research in IO/OB: Content Analysis and Review of the Literature
(1980-2002), Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66, 124-197.
Frone, M.R. (2003), "Work-Family Balance", in J.C. Quick & L.E. Tetrick
(eds), Handbook of Occupational Health Psychology, Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Kahn, R.L., Wolfe, D.M., Quinn, R., Snoek, J.D., Rosenthal, R.A. (1964),
Organizational Stress: Studies in Role Conflict and Ambiguity, Wiley, New
York, NY.
Kossek, E.E., & C. Ozeki, (1998), "Work-family conflict, policies, and the
job-life satisfaction relationship: a review and directions for
organizational behavior-human resources research", Journal of Applied
Psychology, 83, 39-149.
Rotondo, D.M, Carlson, D.S. & J. F. Kincaid (2003), "Coping with multiple
dimensions of work-family conflict", Personnel Review, 32(3), 275-296.
Voyandoff, P. (1988), "Work and Family: A Review and Expanded
Conceptualisation", Journal of Science Behavior and Personality, 3, 1-22.
Voyandoff, P. (2005), "Towards a Conceptualisation of Perceived Work-family
Fit and Balance: A Demands and Resources Approach", Journal of Marriage and
Family, 67, 822-836.
Zedeck, S., & Mosier, K. L. (1990), "Work in the family and employing
organization", American Psychologist, 45(2), 240-251.
Submission requirements
The deadline for electronic submissions of between 5,000 and 7,000 words is
April 16th, 2007. Please submit to Kay Sutcliffe, Editorial Administrator at
ksutcliffe@emeraldinsight.com, stating that the paper is for consideration
in the Journal of Managerial Psychology Special Issue on "Work and Family:
Multi Level Perspectives."
For additional details please contact any of the Guest Co-editors:
Dr. Noreen Heraty
Kemmy Business School
University of Limerick
National Tech. Park
Limerick
Ireland
mailto:
noreen.heraty@ul.ie
Dr. Michael J Morley
Kemmy Business School
University of Limerick
National Tech. Park
Limerick
Ireland
mailto:
michael.morley@ul.ie
Prof. Jeanette N Cleveland
Department of Psychology
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park,
PA 16802
USA
mailto:
janc@psu.edu