Top Executives' Work Relationship and Work-Family Balance - Taxonomy Development and Performance Implications

Series Foreword

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

1.1 Relevance of the Thesis

1.1.1 Managerial Relevance

1.1.2 Scientific Relevance

1.2 Major Goals and Structure of the Thesis

2 Conceptual Background

2.1 Procedure of Taxonomy Development

2.2 Literature Review

2.2.1 Research on Top Executives

2.2.2 Research on Work Relationship

2.2.3 Research on Work-Family Balance

2.2.4 Specification of Investigated Phenomena

2.3 Theoretical Background of Top Executives’ Work Relationship Taxonomy

2.3.1 The Job Demands-Resources Model

2.3.2 Upper Echelons Theory

2.3.3 Theoretical Conclusion for the Understanding of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

2.4 Theoretical Background of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance Taxonomy

2.4.1 Role Theory

2.4.2 Mechanisms of Work-Family Linkage

2.4.3 Theoretical Conclusion for the Understanding of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

3 Basics of the Empirical Studies

3.1 Qualitative Study

3.1.1 Data Collection and Sample

3.1.2 Process of Qualitative Content Analysis

3.2 Quantitative Study

3.2.1 Data Collection and Sample

3.2.2 Process of Scale Validation

3.2.3 Process of Cluster Analysis

3.2.4 Process of Analysis of Variance

4 Investigation of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.1 Preliminary Conceptual Framework of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.2 Qualitative Results Regarding Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.3 Final Empirically Grounded Framework of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.3.1 Job-Related Demands

4.3.2 Job-Related Resources

4.3.3 Related Variables of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.3.3.1 Well-Being and Satisfaction

4.3.3.2 Top Executive Performance

4.3.3.3 Organizational Performance

4.4 Measurement of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.4.1 Measures of Active Cluster Variables Constituting Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.4.1.1 Top Executives’ Job-Related Demands

4.4.1.2 Top Executives’ Job-Related Resources

4.4.2 Measures of Related Variables of Top Executives’ Work Relationship

4.4.2.1 Executive-Related Variables

4.4.2.1.1 Well-Being and Satisfaction

4.4.2.1.2 Top Executive Performance

4.4.2.2 Organizational Performance

4.5 Interpretation of Cluster Solutions

4.6 Related Variables of Top Executives’ Work Relationship Types

5 Investigation of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.1 Preliminary Conceptual Framework of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.2 Qualitative Results Regarding Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.3 Final Empirically Grounded Framework of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.3.1 Top Executives’ Satisfaction

5.3.2 Top Executives’ Functioning

5.3.3 Top Executives’ Work-Family Conflict

5.3.4 Related variables of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.3.4.1 Individual Variables

5.3.4.2 Work-Related Variables

5.3.4.3 Family-Related Variables

5.4 Measurement of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.4.1 Measures of Active Cluster Variables Constituting Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.4.1.1 Top Executives’ Satisfaction

5.4.1.2 Top Executives’ Functioning

5.4.1.3 Top Executives’ Work-Family Conflict

5.4.2 Measures of Related Variables of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance

5.4.2.1 Individual Variables

5.4.2.2 Work-Related Variables

5.4.2.3 Family-Related Variables

5.5 Interpretation of Cluster Solution

5.6 Related Variables of Top Executives’ Work-Family Balance Types

6 Discussion

6.1 Contribution of the Thesis

6.1.1 Content-Related Contribution

6.1.2 Conceptual Contribution

6.1.3 Methodological Contribution

6.1.4 Implications for Business Practice

6.2 Limitations and Future Research

References

Appendix