Self vs. Organizational employment: The neglected case of positive spillover

Self-employment is presented as enabling people to better balance their work and family roles but research on its effectiveness is equivocal. We collected survey data from 280 self- and organizationally-employed certified public accountants and conducted a multivariate analysis comparing positive sp...

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Published in:New England journal of entrepreneurship 2012-03, Vol.15 (1), p.43-52
Main Author: Prottas, David J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountants
Comparative studies
Conflicts
CPAs
Employees
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship
Females
Gender
Gender differences
Independent contractors
Multivariate analysis
Occupations
positive spillover
Self employment
selfemployment
Studies
Work life balance
work‐family conflict
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Summary:Self-employment is presented as enabling people to better balance their work and family roles but research on its effectiveness is equivocal. We collected survey data from 280 self- and organizationally-employed certified public accountants and conducted a multivariate analysis comparing positive spillover and conflict between the two groups.The self-employed reported less work-to-family conflict with no differences with respect to family-to-work conflict or positive spillovers. However, there were different patterns between male and female subsamples: self-employed males experienced less conflict and more positive spillover than male employees, whereas self-employed females had less of one form of conflict but more of the other.
ISSN:1550-333X
2574-8904
DOI:10.1108/NEJE-15-01-2012-B004