ABSTRACT
Managing the interface between work and home has emerged as a central topic for both management practitioners and academics. With the growing numbers of women in the workforce and the increase of dual-earner couples (Burke and Greenglass, 1987; Lambert, 1990; Voydanoff, 1987), today's organizations face the challenge of implementing practices that allow their employees to achieve at work, while also engaging meaningfully in their homes and communities (see Chapter 1). As juggling multiple roles has become more prevalent for both men and women, organizational scholars have focused more study on the relationship between work and home and the ways individuals enact and navigate their roles in the two domains. These scholars have drawn primarily from the disciplines of psychology and sociology to provide the theoretical basis for examining characteristics of work and home roles, and much of the research has considered how the work-home interface may be related to critical outcomes such as stress, role conflict and multiple role participation.
