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A multi‐level perspective on the synergies between work and family
Author(s) -
Grzywacz Joseph G.,
Carlson Dawn S.,
Kacmar K. Michele,
Wayne Julie Holliday
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317906x163081
Subject(s) - facilitation , work (physics) , perspective (graphical) , process (computing) , social facilitation , psychology , empirical research , foundation (evidence) , social psychology , sociology , epistemology , computer science , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , law , operating system
In this paper we lay the conceptual foundation for work‐family facilitation. Work‐family facilitation is a process representing the synergies between the domains of work and family. We formally define facilitation as the extent to which an individual's engagement in one social system, such as work or family, contributes to growth in another social system. We develop the process through which facilitation occurs, provide a model and case studies of this process, and delineate additional theoretical and empirical research necessary to understand work‐family facilitation so that it can be managed and cultivated within organizations.