The gendered effect of an overwork climate and high personal standards for work–home conflict during the pandemic

IF 1.8 4区管理学 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR

Economic and Industrial Democracy Pub Date : 2023-04-25 DOI:10.1177/0143831X231167497

Arūnas Žiedelis, J. Lazauskaitė-Zabielskė, I. Urbanavičiūtė

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Abstract

Although working from home and various other forms of flexible work are often presented as measures to strengthen work–life balance, research depicts a less optimistic picture. Previous research has shown that the impact of telework on work–home conflict is controversial, depending on various factors that are also frequently gender-specific. In this study, the authors evaluate and compare the effects of external expectations (i.e., an organizational overwork climate) and internal expectations (i.e., high personal standards) on changes in work–home conflict between working men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania. Both types of expectations were associated with difficulties reconciling work and private life. Due to their interactions with stereotypical gender roles, organizational expectations encouraging overtime work had a more pronounced effect on male employees. Results suggest that an overwork climate within organizations is a problem not only for employees’ well-being but also poses a risk to gender equality in work and private life.

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疫情期间过度工作的氛围和高个人标准的工作与家庭冲突的性别效应

尽管在家工作和各种其他形式的弹性工作经常被认为是加强工作与生活平衡的措施，但研究表明情况并不乐观。先前的研究表明，远程工作对工作-家庭冲突的影响是有争议的，这取决于各种因素，这些因素也往往是特定于性别的。在这项研究中，作者评估并比较了新冠肺炎大流行期间，外部期望（即组织过度工作气氛）和内部期望（即高个人标准）对立陶宛职业男性和女性之间工作-家庭冲突变化的影响。这两种类型的期望都与调和工作和私人生活的困难有关。由于他们与刻板的性别角色的互动，鼓励加班的组织期望对男性员工的影响更为明显。研究结果表明，组织内部的过度工作氛围不仅对员工的健康构成问题，也对工作和私人生活中的性别平等构成风险。

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Economic and Industrial Democracy INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR-

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期刊介绍： Economic and Industrial Democracy is an international peer reviewed journal that focuses on the study of initiatives designed to enhance the quality of working life through extending the democratic control of workers over the workplace and the economy. How those initiatives are affected by wider political, economic and technological factors are also of interest. Special emphasis is laid on international coverage of empirical material, including discussions of the social and economic conditions in various countries.