Abstract
The work-family interface has been an area of increasing scholarly
interest, especially within the second half of the 21st century.
Researchers in this field have attempted to define and shape the manner
in which the work and family components interact, resulting in a growing
body of dyadic theorizations. At the same time, generational
categorizations of employees on the basis of their ostensible
peculiarities continues to fuel an entire corpus of workplace research,
broadly informing curricula and establishing consultancy organizations
designed to empower organizational leadership in managing different
generations in the workplace. Both of these research trajectories are
important in responding to the evolving concepts of work and family, but
they largely frame a Western experience. The goal of this paper is to
contextualize the two strands of discussion within an African context,
providing an empirical examination into the ways in which digitization
and rapid urbanization are radically shaping the understandings of work
and family.