This study investigates how working remotely blurs the boundaries between work and non-work domains by contrasting the experiences of employees with different parental status. The study further shows how leaders can mitigate this blurring via family-supportive supervisor behaviours (FSSB), and extends the concept to encompass non-work roles beyond the family. Working from home leads to an increasing intertwining of work and non-work roles, with family status playing a significant role in shaping boundary challenges and support needs. Through semi-structured interviews with 89 employees working from home in various industries, the study reveals that parents and non-parents, distinct in their challenges and requirements, exhibit varied demonstrated needs from their leaders. As parent employees require flexible boundaries to attend to their family responsibilities, non-parent employees need safeguards to maintain boundaries around their private life. The results underscore that FSSB benefit employees regardless of parental status. This study emphasizes the importance of employers tailoring their work-life programs to accommodate the diverse needs of employees, and recognizes the pivotal role of supervisors in attuning their supportive behaviours to employees' work-nonwork boundary needs and preferences.

本研究通过对比不同父母身份的员工的经历，调查远程工作如何模糊工作和非工作领域之间的界限。该研究进一步展示了领导者如何通过家庭支持性主管行为（FSSB）来减轻这种模糊性，并将这一概念扩展到家庭以外的非工作角色。在家工作导致工作和非工作角色日益交织，家庭状况在塑造边界挑战和支持需求方面发挥着重要作用。通过对各行业 89 名在家工作的员工进行半结构化访谈，该研究表明，父母和非父母的挑战和要求不同，他们的领导者表现出不同的需求。由于有父母的员工需要灵活的界限来履行其家庭责任，因此非父母的员工需要保障措施来维持其私人生活的界限。结果强调，无论父母身份如何，FSSB 都会使员工受益。这项研究强调了雇主调整工作与生活计划以适应员工多样化需求的重要性，并认识到主管在调整其支持行为以适应员工工作与非工作边界需求和偏好方面的关键作用。