20.500.12556/RUL-135505 “If you don’t agree to be available 24/7, then you have nothing to do in journalism” the boundary work tactics of precarious journalists A satisfactory work–home balance in journalism is valuable for employees and organisations but for citizens as well because the work of journalists in a democracy is vital in terms of keeping the public informed and shaping public debate. Drawing on boundary theory, this study aims to examine how precariously employed journalists manage their role boundaries as they negotiate their work and home life demands. In-depth interviews conducted in 2017 and 2021 allowed us to obtain a longitudinal perspective on boundary work and to detect the tactics to create and maintain the preferred work-home role boundaries. The results show that work comes first with respect to the work–home balance in journalism. In the early years of their career, immersed in a labour-of-love ethic, journalists preferred to integrate work–home boundaries by being journalists 24 hours a day. Over time, a preference for the segmentation of work–home roles emerged along with different boundary work tactics. However, it is often impossible to segment boundaries due to the nature of the profession, and thus many of them leave the profession for public relations. The study makes an original contribution by adding a new boundary work tactic to the previously established typology. boundary theory boundary work tactics work–home balance labour-of-love ethic precarious journalists millennials novinarji prekarno delo delo in družina Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-03-17 08:07:37 2022-03-17 08:07:44 2023-08-29 04:32:27 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 411–427 no. 4 Vol. 26 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 070 1366-8803 10.1080/13668803.2022.2050356 101092355 If_you_don_t_agree_to_be_available_24_7_then_you_have_nothing_to_do_in_journalism_the_boundary_work_tactics_of_precarious_journalists.pdf If_you_don_t_agree_to_be_available_24_7_then_you_have_nothing_to_do_in_journalism_the_boundary_work_tactics_of_precarious_journalists.pdf 1 FE412C7DE32ED7A3279038249A99DD33 9154ecaf474a9f3a5967aaa4f5a8a593a13b34998c6c6d7e37dff2a5c900e86a 707663b5-4572-11ee-a605-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=172920 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13668803.2022.2050356 0 53c68ec4-4572-11ee-a605-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=172919 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0