Disrupted balance: understanding work–family balance dynamics during enforced remote work transitions
基于资源保存理论，通过三波纵向数据研究疫情初期强制远程办公对员工工作-家庭平衡的影响，发现无远程经验者依赖主管支持维持平衡，而有经验者反而受更大冲击。
During the extreme disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, abrupt shifts to mandatory working from home altered employees’ work–family balance. Yet not all employees suffered from this abrupt shift in the same manner. Guided by Conservation of Resources theory as a theoretical framework and a three-wave longitudinal study with data collected from the pandemic’s onset, we test whether work–family balance trajectories vary depending on pre-pandemic supervisory support and prior experience with working from home. Results showed that for employees without prior remote work experience, strong supervisory support prevented a decline in work-family balance over time. In contrast, for those with previous remote work experience, supervisory support did not mitigate the negative trajectory, in fact, this group experienced the greatest disruption to their work-family balance. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.