Work–Family Conflict and Well-Being Across Europe: The Role of Gender Context

Juggling the responsibilities of work and family domains has become a part of everyday life for most working adults. Research has shown that work-family conflict can potentially have negative effects on general well-being, health, relationship quality and job satisfaction. However, the potential effects of work-family conflict on sexual well-being of working adults is presently unknown. The primary aim of this study is to analyze the association between two directions of work-family conflict (work-to-family conflict – WIF, and family-to-work conflict – FIW) and sexual well-being among working adults, while taking into account the mediating role of relationship satisfaction. Data was collected in an online survey on a sample of 584 Croatian men and women that are currently living with a partner. The data was analyzed within a structural equations modelling framework. The analyses show that WIF conflict was negatively associated with sexual well-being, but only among women. On the other hand, relationship satisfaction mediated the relationship between FIW conflict and sexual well-being for both men and women. This study contributes to sparse and inconsistent knowledge on the relationship between work- -family conflict and sexual well-being among working adults.

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The mediating role of the work-family conflict in the relationship between technostress and psychological well-being in the COVID-19 pandemic context

Psihologia Resurselor Umane ◽

10.24837/pru.v19i2.497 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Silviu Riglea ◽

Claudia Lenuta Rus ◽

Lucia Ratiu

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Well Being ◽

Life Domains ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Psychological Well Being ◽

Coping Capacity ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Work Family ◽

The Relationship

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought dramatic changes both for work and employees’ personal and family life domains. In this context, this research investigates the mediating role of the work-family conflict in the relationship between technostress creators (techno-overload and techno-invasion) and psychological well-being. We conducted a survey of 217 employees and the results indicated that the work-family conflict fully mediated the relationship between techno-overload and psychological well-being, thus strongly affecting the psychological well-being of employees in the context of exposure to the stress generated by ICTs overload. Similar results were identified regarding the mediating role of work-family conflict in the relationship between techno-invasion and psychological well-being. The findings suggest the need to increase the coping capacity of employees with technostress and their psychological well-being by reducing the work-family conflict and technostress.

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Is Familism a Motivator or Stressor? Relationships Between Confucian Familism, Emotional Labor, Work-Family Conflict, and Emotional Exhaustion Among Chinese Teachers

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.766047 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaoshuang Zhu ◽

Guoxiu Tian ◽

Hongbiao Yin ◽

Wenjie He

Keyword(s):

Emotional Exhaustion ◽

Emotional Labor ◽

Family Conflict ◽

Job Demands ◽

Well Being ◽

Surface Acting ◽

Chinese Teachers ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Work Family

To reveal the cultural effect in the job demands-resources model, this study examined how Confucian familism, emotional labor, and work-family conflict (WFC) explain the variance in teachers’ emotional exhaustion, with a focus on the mediating roles of emotional labor and WFC. With a sample of 3,312 teachers in China, the results of this study revealed that surface acting and expression of naturally felt emotion (ENFE) and WFC mediated the relationship between familism and emotional exhaustion. Moreover, familism positively predicted deep acting, ENFE, WFC, and emotional exhaustion, while negatively predicted surface acting. These findings suggest that Confucian familism may play the dual role of motivator and stressor for Chinese teachers’ emotional labor and well-being. This study contributes to the job demands-resources theory by revealing the important role of cultural traditions and provides valuable information for interventions to sustain teacher well-being.

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The relationship between qualitative job insecurity and subjective well-being in Chinese employees: The role of work–family conflict and work centrality

Economic and Industrial Democracy ◽

10.1177/0143831x18759793 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 0143831X1875979 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sanman Hu ◽

Lixin Jiang ◽

Tahira M Probst ◽

Mingqian Liu

Keyword(s):

Family Conflict ◽

Job Insecurity ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Work Centrality ◽

Work Family ◽

The Relationship

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The Work-Life Conflict and Satisfaction with Life: Correlates and the Mediating Role of the Work-Family Conflict

Romanian Journal of Applied Psychology ◽

10.24913/rjap.21.1.02 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 3-10

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Family Conflict ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Future Research ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Work Family Conflict ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Work Family

The permeable boundary between family life and professional life allows interferences between them which could lead to either positive or negative consequences in both plans of the employees’ lives. Our paper aims to analyse the relationships between the work-family conflict, organizational attachment, positive and negative affectivity, work satisfaction and life satisfaction and last but not least, well-being. The sample consisted of 245 employees. The main hypothesis highlights the mediating role of the work-family conflict in the relationship between affectivity, workplace attachment and job satisfaction and satisfaction with life. Future research could focus on the environmental factors mediating the relationships between life and job satisfaction and on their interaction with the dispositional factors.

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