Women in Leadership and Work-Family Integration: Strategies for Fulfillment and Well-Being

This study investigated the direct, reversed, and reciprocal relationships between bidirectional work-family conflict/work-family facilitation and psychological well-being (PWB). We administered a three-wave questionnaire survey to 260 married Chinese employees using a time lag of one month. Cross-lagged structural equation modeling analysis was conducted and demonstrated that the direct model was better than the reversed causal or the reciprocal model. Specifically, work-to-family conflict at Time 1 negatively predicted PWB at Time 2, and work-to-family conflict at Time 2 negatively predicted PWB at Time 3; further, work-to-family facilitation at Time 1 positively predicted PWB at Time 2. In addition, family-to-work facilitation at Time 1 positively predicted PWB at Time 2, and family-to-work conflict at Time 2 negatively predicted PWB at Time 3.

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Concepts Mapping of Work--Family Integration Among the Korean Employed Mothers

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e516082016-001 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Sung-Kyung Yoo ◽

Jeesuk Lim

Keyword(s):

Employed Mothers ◽

Family Integration ◽

Work Family

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Bianchi, Suzanne M., Casper, Lynne M., & Berkowitz King, Rosalind. (Eds.) (2005). Work, Family, Health, and Well-Being. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. ISBN 0-8058-5254-9 (hc). (600 pp.). $145.00

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e522022006-015 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Danielle Craven

Keyword(s):

Family Health ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Family ◽

Health And Well Being

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The work, family and care nexus in Paris and Tokyo: Gender equality and well-being among urban professionals

Contemporary Japan ◽

10.1080/18692729.2021.1925399 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-34

Author(s):

Glenda S. Roberts ◽

Hiroko Costantini

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Well Being ◽

Work Family ◽

Urban Professionals

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Custodial Single Fathers before and during the COVID-19 Crisis: Work, Care, and Well-Being

Social Sciences ◽

10.3390/socsci10030094 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 94

Author(s):

Aimzhan Iztayeva

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Leisure Time ◽

Extended Family ◽

White Collar ◽

Well Being ◽

Support Networks ◽

Blue Collar ◽

Single Fathers ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Work Family

As both paid and unpaid work were disrupted during the COVID-19 crisis, the two roles that working custodial single fathers occupy—breadwinners and caregivers—have intensified significantly. Using two independent sets of interviews, this study examines how custodial single fathers navigated work and caregiving responsibilities prior to COVID-19 and compares them to the experiences of single fathers interviewed during the pandemic. The findings are organized into three key themes. First, men with white-collar jobs experienced less work-family conflict than men with blue-collar jobs. The COVID-19 crisis further widened this divide as lack of flexibility put men with blue-collar jobs in a precarious position in the labor market. Second, the way single fathers arranged childcare varied with the availability of extended family and the coparenting relationship with the child(ren)’s mother. The pandemic significantly complicated these arrangements by removing men’s access to extended family and intensifying already conflicted coparenting relationships. Finally, prior to the pandemic, many single fathers struggled with lack of leisure time and diminished social support networks that shrunk with their initial break from their child(ren)’s mother. The resulting feelings of fatigue and loneliness seeped into men’s psychological well-being. COVID-19 and related social distancing measures further exacerbated single fathers’ isolation.

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Validation of the Chinese Version of the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale

Journal of Career Assessment ◽

10.1177/1069072721994272 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 106907272199427

Author(s):

Yan Xu ◽

Chaoping Li

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Well Being ◽

Chinese Version ◽

Full Time ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Working Adults ◽

Work Family ◽

The Individual ◽

Two Stages

The aim of this study was to translate the Multidimensional Workaholism Scale (MWS) into Chinese and then test its reliability and validity among full-time Chinese employees in two stages. In Study 1 ( N = 220), the MWS was translated and exploratory factor analysis was conducted resulting in a four-factor solution consistent with the original MWS: motivational, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral. In Study 2 ( N = 425), confirmatory factor analysis showed that a four-factor, bifactor model was the best fit for the data. Configural, metric, and scalar invariance models were tested which demonstrated that the Chinese version of the MWS did not differ across gender, age, and job position groups. Finally, workaholism and engagement were related and distinct from one another, and they correlated with emotional exhaustion, work-family conflict and life well-being uniquely. This study indicated that the Chinese version of the MWS is a valid and reliable tool for Chinese employees, and this has important practical implications for the individual health and career development of Chinese working adults.

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Please, Do Not Interrupt Me: Work–Family Balance and Segmentation Behavior as Mediators of Boundary Violations and Teleworkers’ Burnout and Flourishing

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13137339 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 7339

Author(s):

Vânia Sofia Carvalho ◽

Alda Santos ◽

Maria Teresa Ribeiro ◽

Maria José Chambel

Keyword(s):

Well Being ◽

Work And Family ◽

Future Research ◽

Boundary Violations ◽

Family Balance ◽

Work Family Balance ◽

Work Family ◽

Using Data ◽

The Relationship

The lockdown, in the COVID-19 pandemic, is considered an external crisis that evokes innumerous changes in individuals lives. One of the changes is the work and family dynamics. Based on boundary theory we examine the mediated role of work and family balance and boundary segmentation behavior in the relationship between boundary violations and teleworkers’ stress and well-being. However, because women and men live their work and family differently, gender may condition the way teleworkers lead with boundary violations and boundary segmentation. Hypotheses were tested through moderated mediation modeling using data collected of 456 teleworkers during lockdown. In line with our expectations, teleworkers who have suffered most boundary violations were those with least boundary segmentation behaviors and with least work-family balance which, in turn was related to higher burnout and lower flourishing. Furthermore, gender was found to moderate the relationship between boundary violations from work-to-family and segmentation behavior in the same direction and this relationship was stronger for females than for males. We discuss implications for future research and for managing teleworkers, creating sustainability, both during a crise and stable days.

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