Work, family, work–family conflict and psychological distress: A revisited look at the gendered vulnerability pathways

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaunathan Bilodeau ◽  
Alain Marchand ◽  
Andrée Demers
2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Agung A. I. N. Marhaeni ◽  
I. Ketut Sudibia ◽  
I. G. A. P. Wirathi ◽  
Surya Dewi Rustariyuni

The purposes of this study were to determine the perception of leaders on work-family conflict among subordinates, the influence of the status or condition of subordinates and the influence of leader’s perceptions of work-family conflict experienced by subordinates against superior perceptions on the former nomination and promotion. The research was conducted in Denpasar, Badung, Gianyar, and in the Province of Bali. The respondents were the super-ordinates holding Echelon II, III, and IV both 40 men and women, with each having 1-3 subordinates, totaling 111 people. The method of sampling used was non-probability sampling, and data were collected via questionnaire method and interviews. Statistical analysis technique used was multiple linear regression. The results of the study showed among others that female employee has work-family conflict higher than male, the differing conditions have a significant effect on the perception of leaders on work-family conflict experienced by subordinates and such perceptions significantly influence the nomination and promotion of subordinates. As a result, the recommendations for the study include empowerment for both men and women, staff mobility as an important agenda in terms of the suitability of employees at work. Additionally, there should be active participation of the male-female employee in the domestic affair which can be accomplished jointly with husband-wife cooperation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rüya Daniela Kocalevent ◽  
Nicole Grandke ◽  
Susan Selch ◽  
Sarah Nehls ◽  
Juliane Meyer ◽  
...  

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Trotz einer hohen Zahl an Abschlüssen in der Humanmedizin ist in Deutschland immer häufiger von einem Ärztemangel die Rede. Ein Grund ist die schwierige Vereinbarkeit von Kliniktätigkeit und Familienleben, die vor allem Ärztinnen als Hauptgrund für die spätere Arbeit im nicht-kurativen Bereich nennen. Ziel der Arbeit Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Einfluss des Elternstatus von Ärztinnen und Ärzten auf ihre Karriereentwicklung und das Belastungserleben am Ende der Weiterbildung. Darüber hinaus betrachtet werden die Auswirkungen von befristeten Arbeitsverträgen und erlebter Unterstützung durch den Partner auf das Belastungserleben. Material und Methoden Es wurden die Daten der KarMed-Studie, welche sich mit Karriereverläufen von Ärztinnen und Ärzten während der fachärztlichen Weiterbildung beschäftigt, ausgewertet. Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der querschnittlichen Analyse des Erhebungszeitraums von Oktober 2015 bis Mai 2016. Zu diesem befanden sich 433 StudienteilnehmerInnen am Ende ihrer Weiterbildung. Eingesetzt wurden u. a. die Fragebögen Work-Family Conflict und Family-Work Conflict Skalen. Ergebnisse Ärztinnen mit Kind unterbrechen die Weiterbildung fünfmal häufiger als ihre Kolleginnen ohne Kind und achtzehnmal häufiger als Ärzte mit Kind. Ärztinnen mit Kind sowie Ärzte mit Kind weisen signifikant höhere Werte auf der Family-Work Conflict Skala auf, Ärztinnen ohne Kind hingegen höhere Werte auf der Work-Conflict Skala. Bei Ärzten zeigt sich kein signifikanter Unterschied auf der Work-Family Skala. Weder ein befristeter Arbeitsvertrag noch die Verteilung von Kinderbetreuung zwischen Ärztinnen/Ärzten und ihren Partnern/-rinnen haben einen signifikanten Einfluss auf das Belastungserleben zur Folge. Schlußfolgerung Es besteht ein Bedarf die Konflikte, die aus dem Familienleben auf das Arbeitsleben wirken insbesondere für Ärztinnen in Weiterbildung zu reduzieren.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanaz Aazami ◽  
Khadijah Shamsuddin ◽  
Syaqirah Akmal

We examined the mediating role of behavioral coping strategies in the association between work-family conflict and psychological distress. In particular, we examined the two directions of work-family conflict, namely, work interference into family and family interference into work. Furthermore, two coping styles in this study were adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 429 Malaysian working women using self-reported data. The results of mediational analysis in the present study showed that adaptive coping strategy does not significantly mediate the effect of work-family conflict on psychological distress. However, maladaptive coping strategies significantly mediate the effect of work-family conflict on psychological distress. These results show that adaptive coping strategies, which aimed to improve the stressful situation, are not effective in managing stressor such as work-family conflict. We found that experiencing interrole conflict steers employees toward frequent use of maladaptive coping strategies which in turn lead to psychological distress. Interventions targeted at improvement of coping skills which are according to individual’s needs and expectation may help working women to balance work and family demands. The important issue is to keep in mind that effective coping strategies are to control the situations not to eliminate work-family conflict.


2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 282-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik B. Jacobsen ◽  
Silje Endresen Reme ◽  
Grace Sembajwe ◽  
Karen Hopcia ◽  
Anne M. Stoddard ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-440
Author(s):  
Xiaoyu Yu ◽  
Xiaotong Meng ◽  
Gang Cao ◽  
Yingya Jia

Purpose Conflict between work and family is a significant issue for entrepreneurs. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of entrepreneurial failure on both family–work conflict (FWC) and work–family conflict (WFC) and the moderating role of perceived control of time and organizational slack based on conservation of resources (COR) theory. Design/methodology/approach This study used a questionnaire to explore the relationship between entrepreneurial failure, FWC/WFC, perceived control of time and organizational slack. Data were collected from the Chinese context in 2018 and as a result received 318 valid questionnaires, obtaining a response rate of 63.6 per cent. Findings The study finds that entrepreneurial failure has a significant relationship with FWC but a nonsignificant relationship with WFC and that perceived control of time and organizational slack moderate the relationship between entrepreneurial failure and FWC/WFC. Originality/value This study aligns the field of family–work (work–family) conflict and entrepreneurial failure. It addresses a research gap in the conflict literature by introducing one form of resource loss: entrepreneurial failure as a source of conflict between work and family based on COR theory and the work–home resources model. The study also enriches the literature on the social cost of entrepreneurial failure by exploring the crossover effect of entrepreneurial failure on conflicts in the family domain. Furthermore, the study advances the understanding of managing conflict between work and family after entrepreneurial failure.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arzu Taşdelen-Karçkay ◽  
Orkide Bakalım

The first purpose of this study was to develop a scale of work–life balance for Turkish working women and men. The second purpose was to investigate the mediating effect of work–life balance between work–family conflict, family–work conflict, and life satisfaction. In Study 1 ( N = 274), a work–life balance scale was developed and initial validity evidence was presented. In Study 2 ( N = 356), confirmatory factor analyses supported the scale’s unidimensionality. Cronbach’s alpha and the composite reliability for internal consistency were .92. All studies indicated that the Work–Life Balance Scale was valid and reliable for a Turkish employee sample. Structural equation modeling supported indirect effects of work–family conflict and family–work conflict on life satisfaction via work–life balance. Multi-group analysis showed that the structural paths of the full model did not differ by gender.


2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 554-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman M. Karatepe ◽  
Georgiana Karadas

Purpose Using person–job fit, congruence and conservation of resources theories as the theoretical underpinnings, the purpose of this study is to propose and test a research model that investigates work-family conflict and family–work conflict as mediators of the impact of person–job fit on work engagement. The model also examines the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between conflicts in the work–family interface and life satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Data gathered from frontline hotel employees two weeks apart in three waves in Romania were utilized to assess the abovementioned relationships via structural equation modeling. Findings Two directions of conflict act as partial mediators between person–job fit and work engagement. Work engagement fully mediates the relationship between work–family conflict and life satisfaction, while it functions as a partial mediator of the effect of family–work conflict on life satisfaction. Originality/value This paper contributes to current knowledge by investigating the interrelationships of person–job fit, two directions of conflict, work engagement and life satisfaction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qaedi Taris Ardita ◽  
Agusdin Agusdin ◽  
Lalu M Furqan

This study aims to (1) analyze the effect of  Work-family conflict on job satisfaction; (2) analyze the effect of Work-Family Conflict on work stress ; (3) analyze the effect of work stress on job satisfaction (4) analyze the effect of work-family conflict on job satisfaction mediated by work stress. Type of research is quantitative with causal assosiative. The population in this study was on Female Employees at the District Secretariat on Lombok Island. The number of members of the population is 188 people.   Determination of the sample by purposive sampling method. Sample criteria are employees who are married. The number of samples is 92 people. Data collection techniques or tools use a questionnaire. The analysis tool uses PLS (Partial Least Square) with SmartPLS 3.0 program. The results showed that (1) the Conflict of Family Work had a negative effect not significant on job satisfaction; (2) Work-Family Conflict have a positive significant effect on work stress; (3) Job stress has a negative significant effect on job satisfaction; (4) Work- Family Conflict negatively affects on job satisfaction mediated by work stress.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) menganalisis pengaruh Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga terhadap kepuasan  kerja; (2) menganalisis pengaruh Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga terhadap stres kerja; (3) menganalisis pengaruh stres kerja terhadap kepuasan  kerja (4) menganalisis pengaruh Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga terhadap kepuasan kerja yang di mediasi oleh stres kerja.Jenis penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan asosiatif kausal. Populasi pada penelitian ini adalah pada Karyawan Wanita di Sekretariat Daerah Kabupaten  di Pulau Lombok. Jumlah anggota populasi sebanyak 188 orang.  Penentuan sampel dengan metode purposive sampling. Kriteria sampel adalah pegawai yang sudah menikah. Jumlah sampel sebanyak 92 orang. Teknik atau alat pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Alat analisis yang dugunakan adalah PLS (Partial Least Square) dengan bantuan program SmartPLS 3.0.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga berpengaruh negatif dan tidak signifikan terhadap kepuasan  kerja; (2) Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga berpengaruh positif  dan signifikan terhadap stres kerja; (3) Stres Kerja berpengaruh negatif  dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan  kerja; (4) Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga berpengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap kepuasan kerja yang di mediasi oleh stres kerja.


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