The Effects of Career Salience and Life-Cycle Variables on Perceptions of Work-Family Interfaces

Abstract

Explores the life-stages theory on work-family interfaces. Based on theories of adult development, this theory has a strong biological/physiological overtone. It overlooks individual differences on perceptions of work-family interfaces. Examined in this context are the effects of career salience & life-cycle variables on life-cycle salience. Findings based on scale & survey data from a stratified sample of 429 business administration graduates in Singapore show that career salience interacts with life-cycle variables such that the latter affect the perceptions of men & women with different career orientations differently.