Blurring boundaries: Correlates of integration and segmentation between work and nonwork

This study investigates the interrelations among role integration–segmentation, role identification, reactions to interruptions, and work–life conflict. Results from a field survey of university staff employees suggest that as highly identified roles are integrated into other domains, high role integration is related to less negative reactions to interruptions, and employees who integrate work into nonwork set fewer boundaries for using communication technologies during nonwork time and report higher work–life conflict. Findings from this research provide insight into how individuals integrate their work and life domains and the consequences of such integration to work–life conflict.