Work-family conflict and its relationship with job satisfaction and psychological distress : the role of affect at work and gender
Part of : Hellenic journal of psychology ; Vol.4, No.1, 2007, pages 15-35
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The research presented in this paper examined the relationships between workfamilyconflict (WFC), affect at work, and gender and tested whether positive and negativeaffect mediate WFC effects on job satisfaction and psychological distress in and outside thework settings. Study 1 involved 365 married teachers in the public education sector andStudy 2 involved 166 married employees in the private sector. Participants completedmeasures of work-family conflict, positive and negative affect at work, job satisfaction, andpsychological distress at work (Study 1 only) and generally. As expected, WFC wasassociated with lower levels of positive affect and job satisfaction and higher levels ofnegative affect and also psychological distress in and outside work. Results fromhierarchical regression analyses and mediation tests showed that affect at work mediatedeffects of WFC on job satisfaction and psychological distress in and outside the workenvironment. Women reported higher levels of overall WFC and family to work conflict inparticular but there was no evidence for differential effects of WFC between men andwomen. These findings point to the role of affect as an important aspect of the workexperience and for understanding the effects of family- and work-role conflict in workoutcomes and psychological distress.
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affect at work, gender differences, work-family conflict
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