The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict

Recent management research has indicated the importance of family, sleep, and recreation as nonwork activities of employees. Drawing from entrainment theory, we develop an expanded model of work-life conflict to contend that macrolevel business cycles influence the amount of time employees spend on...

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Main Authors: BARNES, Christopher M., LEFTER, Alexandru, Devasheesh P. BHAVE, WAGNER, David Turley
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-59872022-04-28T09:38:11Z The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict BARNES, Christopher M. LEFTER, Alexandru Devasheesh P. BHAVE, WAGNER, David Turley Recent management research has indicated the importance of family, sleep, and recreation as nonwork activities of employees. Drawing from entrainment theory, we develop an expanded model of work-life conflict to contend that macrolevel business cycles influence the amount of time employees spend on both work and nonwork activities. Focusing solely on working adults, we test this model in a large nationally representative dataset from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that spans an 8-year period, which includes the “Great Recession” from 2007 through 2009. We find that during economic booms, employees work more and therefore spend less time with family, sleeping, and recreating. In contrast, in recessionary economies, employees spend less time working and therefore more time with family, sleeping, and recreating. Thus, we extend the theory on time-based work-to-family conflict, showing that there are potential personal and relational benefits for employees in recessionary economies. 2016-04-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4988 info:doi/10.1037/a0039896 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5987/viewcontent/The_benefits_of_bad_economies_4.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University business cycles recovery activities sleep work-family conflict work-life conflict Human Resources Management Organizational Behavior and Theory
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Singapore
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topic business cycles
recovery activities
sleep
work-family conflict
work-life conflict
Human Resources Management
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle business cycles
recovery activities
sleep
work-family conflict
work-life conflict
Human Resources Management
Organizational Behavior and Theory
BARNES, Christopher M.
LEFTER, Alexandru
Devasheesh P. BHAVE,
WAGNER, David Turley
The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
description Recent management research has indicated the importance of family, sleep, and recreation as nonwork activities of employees. Drawing from entrainment theory, we develop an expanded model of work-life conflict to contend that macrolevel business cycles influence the amount of time employees spend on both work and nonwork activities. Focusing solely on working adults, we test this model in a large nationally representative dataset from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that spans an 8-year period, which includes the “Great Recession” from 2007 through 2009. We find that during economic booms, employees work more and therefore spend less time with family, sleeping, and recreating. In contrast, in recessionary economies, employees spend less time working and therefore more time with family, sleeping, and recreating. Thus, we extend the theory on time-based work-to-family conflict, showing that there are potential personal and relational benefits for employees in recessionary economies.
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author BARNES, Christopher M.
LEFTER, Alexandru
Devasheesh P. BHAVE,
WAGNER, David Turley
author_facet BARNES, Christopher M.
LEFTER, Alexandru
Devasheesh P. BHAVE,
WAGNER, David Turley
author_sort BARNES, Christopher M.
title The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
title_short The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
title_full The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
title_fullStr The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
title_full_unstemmed The benefits of bad economies: Business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
title_sort benefits of bad economies: business cycles and time-based work-life conflict
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2016
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4988
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5987/viewcontent/The_benefits_of_bad_economies_4.pdf
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