Does extant work-family research generalize to African Nations? Meta-analytic tests

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Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2021.1911453

Jenny M. Hoobler, Suzanne Gericke, E. Koekemoer

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This study explores the question of the generalizability of extant work-family research, most of which has been conducted in Western cultural contexts, to workers in African nations. We conducted a meta-analysis of African research (55 studies, N = 16,162), comparing means for work-family conflict (WFC) and enrichment (WFE) to those same means in Western studies, finding no difference. We also compared the magnitude of the relations between WFC and WFE and their common correlates (e.g., strain, support, and attitudes) in Africa with the West, finding some differences in effect sizes. We speculate these differences could be due to African contexts, specifically the influence of the family system, economic insecurity, and blurring of roles. We conclude with a caution against transporting Western work-family evidence to African workplaces without consideration of sociocultural factors.

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现存的工作家庭研究是否适用于非洲国家？荟萃分析测试

摘要本研究探讨了现存的工作家庭研究对非洲国家工人的可推广性问题，其中大多数研究是在西方文化背景下进行的。我们对非洲研究进行了荟萃分析（55项研究，N = 16162），将工作-家庭冲突（WFC）和富裕（WFE）的手段与西方研究中的相同手段进行比较，没有发现差异。我们还比较了非洲和西方世界WFC和WFE之间关系的大小及其共同相关性（例如，压力、支持和态度），发现效应大小存在一些差异。我们推测，这些差异可能是由于非洲的背景，特别是家庭制度、经济不安全和角色模糊的影响。最后，我们警告不要在不考虑社会文化因素的情况下将西方工作家庭证据运送到非洲工作场所。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

15.40%

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.