Prevalence of work‐family conflict: Are work and family boundaries asymmetrically permeable?
研究检验了Pleck关于工作与家庭边界渗透性性别差异的假设，发现工作干扰家庭比家庭干扰工作更频繁，但未发现性别差异。
Abstract This study tested Pleck's (1977) hypothesis concerning gender differences in the relative permeability of work and family boundaries. Data were obtained from a randomly drawn community sample of 631 employed adults (278 men; 353 women). Respondents reported that work interfered with family life (W→F conflict) more frequently than family life interfered with work (F→W conflict). These results suggest that work and family boundaries are indeed asymmetrically permeable with family boundaries being more permeable than work boundaries. However, there was no evidence of gender differences in the pattern of asymmetry, indicating that the dynamics of work and family boundaries may operate similarly among men and women. Implications for future research are discussed.