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- Adding school to work–family balance: The role of support for Portuguese working mothers attending a master’s degreePublication . Andrade, C.; Matias, MarisaThis qualitative study examines the work, family, and study experiences of Portuguese professional women in two different career stages: early career and mid-career. Using semi-structured interviews with a sample of 22 working mothers enrolled in a master’s degree, this study explores their experiences of combining the roles of mother, worker and student and the role of support for a successful integration of work–family and school. Support from peers was found to be a critical factor for successfully integrating work–family and school responsibilities. Differences in the use of partner and family support were found between early and mid-career women. Lack of or limited support from the workplace was a barrier that emerged in both groups.
- Gender differences in work-to-family facilitation in portuguese employeesPublication . Andrade, C.; Matias, MarisaChallenging the assumption that work and family are incompatible, a growing body of studies focuses the positive relationships between these two roles. The present research is an exploratory study aimed at examining whether work characteristics (flexible supervision, job-loss risk and work satisfaction) are associated with workfamily facilitation (WFF) and enable positive family outcomes (couple constructive problem solving and lower levels of family stress). Using data from the EU FamWork Project (Portuguese Employees N = 306), this study examined work-family facilitation models in male and female full-time employees with young children. Results indicated that flexible supervision has a direct effect on work-family facilitation and job security has an indirect effect (via work satisfaction) on work-family facilitation, only for female employees. Results also offered support for the relation between work-family facilitation and positive familial outcomes (couple constructive problem solving and lower levels of family stress) for women. Men´s model was very modest and only flexible supervision was a predictor of work-to-family facilitation. Furthermore, no relations between work-to-family facilitation and positive individual outcomes were found in men´s group. Gender variations in the models suggest the importance of this variable for future work-to-family facilitation research agenda.
- Methodological aspects of cross-cultural research : measurement challengePublication . Fontaine, Anne Marie; Andrade, C.; Matias, Marisa; Gato, Jorge
- Work-related ICT use during off-job time, technology to family conflict and segmentation preference: a study with two generations of employeesPublication . Andrade, Cláudia; Matias, MarisaThe widespread use of ICT, namely the use of smartphones, has dramatically altered the way organizations communicate with employees, leading to flexibility in work schedules that frequently encompass extending the workday. In the current workforce there are different generations, and this can affect the way that ICT use for work purposes during off-job time is perceived. In the current study, we examine whether organizational expectations towards after-hours communications for work purposes (off-job e-communication expectations) and perceptions of technology as causing family conflict (technology to family conflict), may be experienced differently by two generations of employees. Moreover, segmentation preference is examined as a moderator of the relationship between off-job e-communication expectations and technology to family conflict. Data from 238 employees that reported to have used, over the last 6 months, their ICT for work purposes during non-work time, from various industries were collected. Findings revealed that segmentation preferences are related to technology to family conflict directly for both groups. It was also found that for the older employee group off-job e-communication expectations are related to technology to family conflict. Implications for organizations are discussed.