Role identity salience and boundary permeability preferences: An examination of enactment and protection effects
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Authors
Capitano, Johnna
DiRenzo, Marco S.
Aten, Kathryn J.
Greenhaus, Jeffrey H.
Subjects
Boundary theory
Permeability
Role identity salience
Multiple roles
Co-activation
Permeability
Role identity salience
Multiple roles
Co-activation
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Date of Issue
2017-07-13
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Elsevier
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Abstract
We examined two boundary management phenomena—the preferred enactment of a highly
salient role across different domains through increased boundary permeability, which we call the
enactment effect, and the preferred protection of a highly salient role from extra-role intrusions
through decreased boundary permeability, which we call the protection effect. This study examined
how role identity salience relates to boundary permeability preferences in the context of
three salient roles: work, home, and military reserve. By incorporating three roles, we were able
to determine whether the enactment and protection effects generalize to multiple domains. Based
on a sample of 1758 surveys completed by Marine reservists, we found consistent support for
enactment preference of a highly salient third role across multiple roles, protection preference of
highly salient roles against permeations from a third role, and the dominance of the enactment
effect as compared to the protection effect. We suggest that co-activation of roles explains why
the enactment effect dominates the protection effect. Additionally, exploratory cluster analysis
identified five role identity salience profiles that were consistent with the dominance of the
enactment effect and also revealed the protection effect to have differential preferences for extrarole
intrusions.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2017.07.001
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Business & Public Policy (GSBPP)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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13 p.
Citation
Capitano, Johnna, et al. "Role identity salience and boundary permeability preferences: An examination of enactment and protection effects." Journal of Vocational Behavior 102 (2017): 99-111.
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