Psychometric properties of an adapted work-family boundary management tactics scale

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2025
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Delport, Marthinus
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๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Current workplace trends are characterised by the continuous integration of technology and the seamless traversal between work and home domains. This has complicated the workโ€“life interface, resulting in boundary management challenges. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ: The purpose of this article was to validate the 12-item workโ€“family boundary management tactics scale (WFBMT) within the South African context. ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†: Owing to the increased interest in boundary management behaviours, there is a critical need to validate measurement scales that can be used to operationalise such behaviours. Very few scales currently exist in this regard, with limited empirical evidence. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต/๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ: The study used a quantitative cross-sectional research design. A non-probability sample (N = 521) was drawn from five higher education institutions representing typical knowledge workers. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to investigate the psychometric properties of the scale. ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€: The results demonstrated acceptable goodness-of-fit for the proposed factor structure. Adequate convergent and discriminant validity were achieved. A moderately dominant general factor emerged, although more than half (51.27%) of the explained common variance was attributed to the first-order factors. Scalar invariance was obtained between male and female respondents and between designated and non-designated group employees. ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น/๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: The WFBMT represents a reliable and valid measurement to operationalise boundary enactment behaviours in the South African context. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป/๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ-๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ: As far as could be ascertained, the study provides the first empirical evidence of the validity and measurement invariance of the WFBMT scale on a South African sample.
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Boundary management tactics, Workโ€“life integration, Workplace tethering, Psychometric properties, Measurement invariance
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Delport, M. (2025). Psychometric properties of an adapted work-family boundary management tactics scale. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 51(2025), a2291. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v51i0.2291