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Work-Nonwork boundaries in academia: A problematizing review
Jūratė Čingienė1, Aleksandra Batuchina1
1SMK University of Applied Social Sciences, Klaipėda, Klaipėda County, Lithuania.
Open Research Europe
|February 17, 2025
Summary
Academic work
Area of Science:
- Sociology of Work
- Higher Education Studies
- Organizational Psychology
Background:
- Extensive research exists on work-life balance and conflict in academia.
- Limited focus on the specific dynamics of work-nonwork boundaries for academics.
- Prior studies often overlook unique academic pressures like autonomy and irregular hours.
Purpose of the Study:
- To critically examine how academic work characteristics shape work-nonwork boundaries.
- To advance understanding beyond traditional work-life balance approaches.
- To explore the specific boundary challenges faced by academics.
Main Methods:
- A critical review approach was employed.
- Analysis of 41 relevant articles.
- Problematizing perspective to enhance understanding of boundary dynamics.
Main Results:
- Blurred work-nonwork boundaries are driven by demand overload, work-family conflicts, and insufficient organizational support.
- Digitalization, neoliberal practices, managerialism, careerism, and precarity intensify boundary blurring.
- These factors significantly impact academics' well-being and identity.
Conclusions:
- Academic work's unique features significantly blur work-nonwork boundaries.
- Conventional approaches inadequately address the complexities of academic boundary management.
- A context-sensitive, experiential perspective is crucial for understanding academics' boundary negotiation.
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