The influence of identity salience on cross-generational perspectives of work life balance

The goal of this study is to test a new model of work life (nonwork) balance (WLB) that may explain individual and cross-generational differences in views of WLB. A prominent feature within this model, identity salience, is described as the values and importance a person attaches to the multiple roles they manage. This study addresses one of the major causes for inconsistency in the existing WLB research by examining how and why perceptions of WLB differ depending on the life stage of sample participants. The model was supported and findings suggest that individual perceptions of work life balance are contingent on their identity salience. This model did have utility for explaining individual and cross-generational differences in perceptions of WLB. In general, Generation Y, Generation X and Baby Boomers all valued nonwork over work. However, there were significant differences between the three groups and their perceptions of WLB.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• White, Cherise Nicole

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cunningham, Christopher J. L.
• O'Leary, Brian J.; Weathington, Bart L.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Intergenerational relations
• Work-life balance

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/80

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1090