Having parenting boundaries permeated by work, expressed in bringing work home and dealing with work-related issues while performing the parental role can relate to increasing levels of work-family-conflict. This association, however, might be influenced by inter-individual differences in the meanings associated with work (career role orientation). To investigate these links we conducted a dyadic two-wave study that included 119 highly educated (59% of mother and 43% of fathers have a university degree) dual-earner couples with preschool-aged children. Participants’ self-reported on permeable parenting boundaries (PPB), career role orientation (CRO), and work-family-conflict (WFC). Actor-partner moderated effects were modeled across time and patterns of moderating effects were tested. Results showed that, controlling for time 1 WFC, fathers’ and mothers’ PPB at time 1 predicted positively fathers’ and mothers’ WFC at time 2 (actor effects). Mothers’ and fathers’ career orientation at time 1 had no main effect on mothers’ or fathers’ WFC at time 2. However, two interaction effects were found. Mothers’ PPB at time 1 predicted higher mothers’ WFC at time 2 when fathers were less CRO and mothers’ PPB at time 1 predicted higher fathers’ WFC at time 2 when mothers were less CRO. Findings suggest that career orientation may be an important moderator of the negative relationship of permeable parenting boundaries on WFC, in particular of the effects of mothers’ permeability. The evidence of couple interactions regarding career orientation indicates the need for systemic analyses of the work-family boundary management process.

育儿界限被工作所渗透，表现为将工作带回家并在履行育儿职责时处理与工作相关的问题，这可能与工作-家庭冲突程度的增加有关。然而，这种关联可能会受到与工作（职业角色定位）相关的个体间差异的影响。为了调查这些联系，我们进行了一项二元双波研究，其中包括 119 对受过高等教育（59% 的母亲和 43% 的父亲拥有大学学位）的双职工夫妇和学龄前儿童。参与者对可渗透的育儿界限 (PPB)、职业角色定位 (CRO) 和工作-家庭-冲突 (WFC) 的自我报告。演员-合作伙伴的调节效应在时间上进行了建模，并测试了调节效应的模式。结果表明，控制时间 1 WFC，时间 1 的父亲和母亲的 PPB 正预测时间 2 的父亲和母亲的 WFC（演员效应）。时间 1 的母亲和父亲的职业取向对时间 2 的母亲或父亲的 WFC 没有主效应。但是，发现了两个交互效应。母亲在时间 1 的 PPB 预测了母亲在时间 2 的更高母亲的 WFC，当时父亲的 CRO 较少，而母亲在时间 1 的 PPB 预测了更高的父亲在时间 2 的 WFC，当时母亲的 CRO 较少。研究结果表明，职业取向可能是可渗透的育儿界限对 WFC 负相关关系的重要调节因素，尤其是母亲渗透率的影响。关于职业定位的夫妻互动的证据表明需要对工作-家庭边界管理过程进行系统分析。