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  • 1.  Work-family Balance measures

    Posted 10-12-2007 15:39
    I am looking for instruments measuring work-family balance. I have come
    across a few, but would like to know if there are any others available.
    If anyone has any references or instruments measuring work-family
    balance (or work-life balance) I appreciate it if you could let me know.

    Thanks in advance.
    Uthpala

    --
    Uthpala Senarathne Tennakoon
    PhD Candidate (ABD), Instructor
    Human Resources & Organizational Dynamics
    Haskayne School of Business
    University of Calgary
    2500, University Dr, NW
    Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4

    Tel :1 403 220 6074
    Fax :1 403 282 0095


  • 2.  Work-family Balance measures

    Posted 10-12-2007 19:34
    Uthpala,
     
    I used this measure of work-family conflict and faciliation in my dissertation and I was pleased with the resultsl.  The actual questions are included in the article.  The measure produces outcomes for four dimension since it measures work-to-family conflict, work-to-family facilitation, family-to-work conflict and family-to-work facilitation.
     

    Grzywacz, J. G., & Bass, B. L. (2003). Work, family, and mental heath: Testing different models of work-family fit. Journal of Marriage and Family, 65(1), 248-262.

     

    Barbara Taylor, Ph.D.
    University of Phoenix, Online Campus
     
     
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Uthpala S Tennakoon" <klusenar@UCALGARY.CA>
    Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:39 PM
    Subject: Work-family Balance measures

    I am looking for instruments measuring work-family balance. I have come
    across a few, but would like to know if there are any others available.
    If anyone has any references or instruments measuring work-family
    balance (or work-life balance) I appreciate it if you could let me know.

    Thanks in advance.
    Uthpala

    --
    Uthpala Senarathne Tennakoon
    PhD Candidate (ABD), Instructor
    Human Resources & Organizational Dynamics
    Haskayne School of Business
    University of Calgary
    2500, University Dr, NW
    Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4

    Tel :1 403 220 6074
    Fax :1 403 282 0095



  • 3.  Work-family Balance measures

    Posted 10-13-2007 11:13
    Hi Uthpala,

    Here's a document and instrument I have used with MBAs and executive ed
    and clients for fifteen years or more. I hope it helps. It's oriented
    toward helping people manage their lives rather than gathering research
    data. It's also published in the workbook in the back of Level Three
    Leadership, Third Edition.

    Cheers,

    Jim
    James G. Clawson
    E. Thayer Bigelow Professor of Business Administration
    Box 6550
    Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
    Charlottesville, VA 22906
    Tel: 434 924 7488
    Web: http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/clawsonj

    -----Original Message-----
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    [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Uthpala S Tennakoon
    Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:39 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Work-family Balance measures

    I am looking for instruments measuring work-family balance. I have come
    across a few, but would like to know if there are any others available.
    If anyone has any references or instruments measuring work-family
    balance (or work-life balance) I appreciate it if you could let me know.

    Thanks in advance.
    Uthpala

    --
    Uthpala Senarathne Tennakoon
    PhD Candidate (ABD), Instructor
    Human Resources & Organizational Dynamics Haskayne School of Business
    University of Calgary 2500, University Dr, NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N
    1N4

    Tel :1 403 220 6074
    Fax :1 403 282 0095


  • 4.  Work-family Balance measures

    Posted 10-15-2007 09:51
    Uthpala,

    The following article includes a fairly short (24 item) Personal Life Values
    measure that assess the value individuals attach to work, family, religion,
    and self. The measure is in Appendix A of the article.

    Hyde, R.E. & Weathington, B.L. (2006). The Congruence of Personal Life
    Values and Work Attitudes. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology
    Monographs, 132, 151-190.

    Hope it helps,

    Bart



    -------------------------------
    Bart L. Weathington, Ph.D.
    UC Foundation Assistant Professor
    University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
    Department of Psychology/2803
    350-C Holt Hall
    Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598

    Bart-Weathington@utc.edu
    (423) 425-4289


    -----Original Message-----
    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
    [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Uthpala S Tennakoon
    Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:39 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    Subject: Work-family Balance measures

    I am looking for instruments measuring work-family balance. I have come
    across a few, but would like to know if there are any others available.
    If anyone has any references or instruments measuring work-family
    balance (or work-life balance) I appreciate it if you could let me know.

    Thanks in advance.
    Uthpala

    --
    Uthpala Senarathne Tennakoon
    PhD Candidate (ABD), Instructor
    Human Resources & Organizational Dynamics
    Haskayne School of Business
    University of Calgary
    2500, University Dr, NW
    Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4

    Tel :1 403 220 6074
    Fax :1 403 282 0095


  • 5.  Work-family Balance measures

    Posted 10-15-2007 16:59
    Hi Uthpala,

    Brenda Lautsch of Simon Fraser and I have some tools and self
    assessments on the different ways people manage relationships between
    work and personal life in a new book coming out in December. The book is
    called /CEO of Me: Creating a Life that Works in the Flexible Job Age/.
    The ISBN: 9780132349994 . The publisher is Wharton School Publishing.
    www.whartonsp.com and can be ordered now at Amazon and Barnes and Nobles
    com. Readers identify which of six work-life “patterns” they fit into
    and how to move towards a pattern that’s more productive and comfortable
    with some tips and tools for change.

    Brenda and I also have some scales on work -life boundary management and
    job control that are helpful based on earlier work in a journal article.

    Kossek, E., Lautsch, B., Eaton, S. 2006. Telecommuting, control, and
    boundary management: Correlates of policy use and practice, job control,
    and work-family effectiveness. J/ournal of Vocational Behavior, 68,/*
    *347-367.

    There are also some scales on effectiveness at home and work and
    effective work family climates and caregiving decision-making in :
    Kossek, E. E., Noe, Ray, & Colquitt, Jason. 2001. Caregiving decisions,
    well-being and performance: The effects of place and provider as a
    function of dependent type and work-family climates, /Academy of
    Management Journal/, 44 (1): 29-44.

    Good luck,
    Prof. Ellen Ernst Kossek
    School of Labor & Industrial Relations
    Michigan State University


    \nClawson, Jim wrote:
    > Hi Uthpala,
    >
    > Here's a document and instrument I have used with MBAs and executive ed
    > and clients for fifteen years or more. I hope it helps. It's oriented
    > toward helping people manage their lives rather than gathering research
    > data. It's also published in the workbook in the back of Level Three
    > Leadership, Third Edition.
    >
    > Cheers,
    >
    > Jim
    > James G. Clawson
    > E. Thayer Bigelow Professor of Business Administration
    > Box 6550
    > Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
    > Charlottesville, VA 22906
    > Tel: 434 924 7488
    > Web: http://faculty.darden.virginia.edu/clawsonj
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv
    > [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu] On Behalf Of Uthpala S Tennakoon
    > Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 3:39 PM
    > To: OB@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
    > Subject: Work-family Balance measures
    >
    > I am looking for instruments measuring work-family balance. I have come
    > across a few, but would like to know if there are any others available.
    > If anyone has any references or instruments measuring work-family
    > balance (or work-life balance) I appreciate it if you could let me know.
    >
    > Thanks in advance.
    > Uthpala
    >
    > --
    > Uthpala Senarathne Tennakoon
    > PhD Candidate (ABD), Instructor
    > Human Resources & Organizational Dynamics Haskayne School of Business
    > University of Calgary 2500, University Dr, NW Calgary, AB, Canada T2N
    > 1N4
    >
    > Tel :1 403 220 6074
    > Fax :1 403 282 0095
    >


    --
    Professor Ellen Ernst Kossek
    School of Labor & Industrial Relations
    433 South Kedzie
    Michigan State University
    East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1032

    phone: 517-353-9040 (work), 517-388-0952 (cell)
    FAX: 517-3557656
    EMAIL: kossek@msu.edu
    http://www.msu.edu/~kossek/
    http://flex-work.lir.msu.edu/
    http://wfsupport.psy.pdx.edu/
    http://www.worklifeflexibility.msu.edu/