Psychometric properties of an adapted work-family boundary management tactics scale
| dc.contributor.author | Delport, Marthinus | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-25T13:32:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-25T13:32:49Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.description.abstract | ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: Current workplace trends are characterised by the continuous integration of technology and the seamless traversal between work and home domains. This has complicated the workโlife interface, resulting in boundary management challenges. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ: The purpose of this article was to validate the 12-item workโfamily boundary management tactics scale (WFBMT) within the South African context. ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐: 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. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต/๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ: 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 ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐: 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. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น/๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐: The WFBMT represents a reliable and valid measurement to operationalise boundary enactment behaviours in the South African context. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป/๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ-๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ: 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. | |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 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 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0258-5200 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2071-0763 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v51i0.2291 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2291 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/13110 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | AOSIS | |
| dc.rights.holder | Author(s) | |
| dc.rights.license | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Boundary management tactics | |
| dc.subject | Workโlife integration | |
| dc.subject | Workplace tethering | |
| dc.subject | Psychometric properties | |
| dc.subject | Measurement invariance | |
| dc.title | Psychometric properties of an adapted work-family boundary management tactics scale | |
| dc.type | Article |
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