Delport, Marthinus2025-07-252025-07-252025Delport, 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.v51i0.22910258-5200 (print)2071-0763 (online)https://doi.org/10.4102/sajip.v51i0.2291https://sajip.co.za/index.php/sajip/article/view/2291http://hdl.handle.net/11660/13110𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Current workplace trends are characterised by the continuous integration of technology and the seamless traversal between work and home domains. This has complicated the work–life interface, resulting in boundary management challenges. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲: The purpose of this article was to validate the 12-item work–family boundary management tactics scale (WFBMT) within the South African context. 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆: 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. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵/𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱: 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. 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: 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. 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹/𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: The WFBMT represents a reliable and valid measurement to operationalise boundary enactment behaviours in the South African context. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲-𝗮𝗱𝗱: 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.enBoundary management tacticsWork–life integrationWorkplace tetheringPsychometric propertiesMeasurement invarianceArticleAuthor(s)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/