Author:
O'Brien Katharine Ridgway,Hebl Michelle R
Abstract
Purpose
– This study aims to foster work-family balance goals by evaluating the utility of two types of video-based realistic job previews on creating accurate expectations among future academics.
Design/methodology/approach
– The first realistic job preview divulged information specific to jobs in academia. The second divulged work-family balance information specific to academia. Participants viewed one of the two realistic job preview conditions or a third control condition in which they did not watch a realistic job preview. Participants then indicated their knowledge about job and work-family characteristics in academia and their changing expectations.
Findings
– Results supported both types of realistic job previews as a way to communicate information about academia, and individuals also expressed changing their own expectations as a result of viewing the realistic job previews.
Originality/value
– This study implemented a classic tool – the realistic job preview – to communicate work-family balance information in a new and dynamic way.
Subject
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous),Gender Studies
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