Ironic Flexibility: When Normative Role Blurring Undermines the Benefits of Schedule Control

Schedule control is touted as a potent work-related resource that helps workers minimize work–family conflict and enhance their own well-being. We ask: Does normative role blurring undermine those benefits? Normative role blurring involves the perceived expectation in the workplace culture that workers should take work home during nonwork hours and/or days. Analyses of the 2002 National Study of the Changing Workforce (NSCW) demonstrates that …