Caroline Straub

• Ph.D.
• Professor at Bern University of Applied Sciences

Responding to a call for more research on the conditions under which positive work–family synergies occur, we propose a moderated mediation model that examines the indirect effects of work engagement, gender and boundary control on the relationship between family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) and work-to- family positive spillover (WFPS). O...

This article focuses on the mechanism and conditions under which a positive spillover between work and family may occur. Based on the dual-process model of work-home interference, it is expected that family supportive supervisor behavior (FSSB) as an individual job resource can create work-to-family positive spillover (WFPS) effects, largely throug...

Purpose The objectives of this study are: to identify and compare companies' involvement with work‐life balance practices and policies in 14 European countries, and to test whether these practices actually enhance the career advancement of women to senior management positions. Design/methodology/approach A comparative descriptive analysis shows di...

Purpose The contemporary managerial work place is changing; baby boomers, the globalization and an increased participation of females in the workforce is redefining what value systems future managers’ will hold. This paper aims to build upon the traditional research on work ethics which focused primarily on working individuals. It seeks to explore...

Effective implementation of human resource (HR) policies appears to depend on supervisors’ active involvement in the intervention process. Following recommendations of a recent intervention evaluation framework, we examine how perceived supervisor support during the implementation of a work-life intervention helps to change participants’ perception...

Purpose This study investigates the diverse career experiences of gig workers by looking at a sample of gig workers that are living a calling through online labor platforms (OLPs). Drawing from the systems informed positive psychology (SIPP) framework we examine the experiences and dynamics through which individuals can enact their calling through...

We observe gig workers’ retrospective sense-making of their career development, from creating an account on online labor platforms to managing gigs successfully. Our data reveals that gig workers advance through three career stages in their initial career learning cycle. We identify each stage as characterized by stage-specific emotions and that th...

Although work is increasingly globalized and mediated by technology, little research has accumulated on the role of culture in shaping individuals' preferences regarding the segmentation or integration of their work and family roles. This study examines the relationships between gender egalitarianism (the extent a culture has a fluid understanding...

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Although cross-national work–family research has made great strides in recent decades, knowledge accumulation on the impact of culture on the work–family interface has been hampered by a limited geographical and cultural scope that has excluded countries where cultural expectations regarding work, family, and support may differ. We advance this lit...

Knowledge concerning the reconciliation of work and life in developing countries with weak labor protection and little governmental support (e.g., statutory work‐life support) is still very limited. In this mixed‐method study, we explore how employees manage their work and nonwork responsibilities in Lebanon – a developing country with poor nationa...

When women teach management in U.S. business schools they are likely to experience more gender inequities than men. In this essay we examine three dimensions of management teaching where gender inequities are likely to occur: (1) student-faculty interactions; (2) student evaluations of teaching; and (3) interactions between faculty peers. The types...

We observe the opportunity-production processes of aspiring refugee entrepreneurs in their host countries. Our process data from eighteen refugee entrepreneurs reveal heterogeneity in how entrepreneurs move across the opportunity-production stages of conceptualization, objectifica-tion, and enactment. We identify four patterns, which are characteri...

***** Academy of Management Careers Division Best Symposium Award 2021: "The Gig Work Phenomenon: Insights into Current Multidisciplinary Research and Trending Topics" organized by Dr. Annabelle Hofer, Prof. Dr. Caroline Straub, Prof. Dr. Daniel Spurk. The jury was composed of Alexander Newman (chair), Lindsey Greco, Marijke Verbruggen and Mo Wang....

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a crisis that affects several aspects of people's lives around the globe. Most of the affected countries took several measures, like lockdowns, business shutdowns, hygiene regulations, social distancing, school and university closings, or mobility tracking as a means of slowing down the distribution of COVID-19. The...

Career customization has been suggested as a sustainable solution to the mismatch between traditional career models and the needs of today’s workforce. We examine career consequences of Mass Career Customization (MCC) in a Professional Service Firm (PSF). This customization allows employees to tailor their career development up or down on four dime...

Career customization provides employees with different options to customize their careers enabling them to meet their personal needs, as well as delivering a sustainable solution to the mismatch between today’s workplace and today’s workforce (Valcour et al., 2007). Mass Ca-reer Customization (MCC) (Benko & Weisberg, 2007) is an innovative career i...

Whereas the topic of work–life integration has been studied in Western developed countries, our knowledge on this issue in developing countries, in which policies towards work–life integration hardly exist, is still very limited. This study explores employees’ work–life experiences in Lebanon – a country known for poor national and corporate work–l...

Family supportive supervision has emerged as an important prerequisite for effective work–family integration and employees' well-being. Scholars are addressing the need to develop family supportive managers and have introduced a new construct and measure, ‘family supportive supervisor behavior’. So far, little attention has been focused on the unde...

Diversity management has recently attracted a lot of attention in both academia and practice. Globalization, migration, demographic changes, low fertility rates, a scarce pool of qualified labor, and women entering the workforce in large scales have led to an increasingly heterogeneous workforce in the past twenty years. In response to those ongoin...

Diversity management has recently attracted a lot of attention in both academia and practice. Globalization, migration, demographic changes, low fertility rates, a scarce pool of qualified labor, and women entering the workforce in large scales have led to an increasingly heterogeneous workforce in the past twenty years. In response to those ongoin...

Diversity management has recently attracted a lot of attention in both academia and practice. Globalization, migration, demographic changes, low fertility rates, a scarce pool of qualified labor, and women entering the workforce in large scales have led to an increasingly heterogeneous workforce in the past twenty years.