Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Boundary violations and university teachers’ well-being during mandatory telework: Recovery’s role and gender differences
Originally published 2024-03-08 · BMC Public Health
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s12889-024-18178-6 ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Relevant to decisions about boundary agreements sensitive to different household demands; the original evidence concerns 921 Brazilian university teachers, including 681 women and 240 men.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
What counts as a boundary violation when both work and home need us?
This reading brings gendered boundary violations, psychological detachment and flourishing into the respect pathway. The cross-sectional mandatory-telework teacher survey offers a specific workplace lens on how employment and family life meet.
Study context
921 Brazilian university teachers, including 681 women and 240 men
Age / stage: Working adults, mean age 44
Read with three questions
- How did the researchers define and assess work-to-family and family-to-work boundary violations?
- What does the study design allow us to conclude about gender comparisons in the proposed recovery pathways?
- What would need to be checked before adopting boundary agreements sensitive to different household demands?
Keep the limits in view
Cross-sectional self-reports cannot establish mediation as a causal sequence; compulsory telework during a crisis limits generalization.
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Madalena Mascarenhas; Vânia Sofia Carvalho; Cleide Fátima Moretto; Maria José Chambel (2024). Boundary violations and university teachers’ well-being during mandatory telework: Recovery’s role and gender differences BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18178-6
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