in this case can refer to both objective social and physical features of the environment and subjective perceptions about the environment
- example of objective social and physical features of the environment: having onsite childcare (an integration supply)
- example of subjective perceptions about the environment: the extent that the workplace lets workers forget about work when they are at home (a segmentation supply)

Workplace Supplies

Within the boundary management literature, there is research that focused on a form of needs-supplies fit that considers integration/segmentation preferences as a need and what the workplace environment offers as a supply to that need.

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the match between an individual’s psychological needs and/or values and what the environment supplies to fulfill those needs

Needs-Supplies Fit

Allen, T. D., Merlo, K., Lawrence, R. C., Slutsky, J., &amp; Gray, C. E. (2021). Boundary Management and work‐nonwork balance while working from home. Applied Psychology, 70(1), 60–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12300

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