Correction to: Work-Related Spousal Support and Recovery Experiences among Dual-Earner Couples—Work-Linkage as Moderator

Level and type of spousal shared work has been oversimplified in past research. This research proposes that being similar to a spouse, in the case of paidwork, differs depending on whether spouses shareworkplace, occupation, or both. And this level and type of similarity can influence the level and qualitative characteristics of work-related spousal support as an indicator of marital satisfaction. The results of this study are based on 52 individual semistructured interviews with each member of 26 professional married couples for whom work is shared in terms of occupation, workplace, both, or neither. The level and characteristics of spousal support vary to some extent by occupation pattern. Most strikingly, people who share both occupation and workplace feel that they work closely with their spouses and that working together has been beneficial to their marriages. However, the components of working together qualitatively vary by occupation category.

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Women's Jobs and Family Adjustment

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x8100200202 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 126-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Chaya S. Piotrkowski ◽

Paul Crits-Christoph

Keyword(s):

Family Relations ◽

Job Security ◽

Occupational Prestige ◽

Paid Work ◽

Family Adjustment ◽

Work Lives ◽

Work Related ◽

Dual Earner ◽

Multiple Characteristics ◽

The Relationship

THIS study investigated the relationship between multiple characteristics of women's jobs and their family adjustment in a sample of 99 women in dual-earner families. Six work-related variables were considered simultaneously as predictors of family adjustment: intrinsic job gratification, satisfaction with job security, job-related mood, time spent at work, occupational prestige, and salary. The results were consistent with the hypothesis that women's paid work lives influence their family adjustment. Women's experiences of their work were significantly related to two of three measures of family adjustment. Salary was negatively associated with satisfaction with family relations for women in low-status occupations only. Time spent at work and occupational prestige showed no significant associations with reported adjustment. Of the three indicators of family adjustment, marital satisfaction appeared to be relatively immune from work influences. We hypothesized that the marital relationship may be less sensitive to women's paid work than are other aspects of their family relations.

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Predictors of Workplace Well-Being for Dual-Earner Couples During Covid-19 Pandemic

Gadjah Mada Journal of Psychology (GamaJoP) ◽

10.22146/gamajop.59844 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 33

Author(s):

Gisela Oktaria Efi ◽

Endang Parahyanti

Keyword(s):

Spousal Support ◽

Well Being ◽

Work And Family ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Conservation Of Resources ◽

Self Evaluation ◽

Dual Earner ◽

Work Family ◽

Core Self

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the life order of entire community including employees from dual-earner families. Overlapping roles experienced can cause tension and trigger work-family conflicts that can impact workplace well-being. Previous studies had often focused on well-being in general and there was a lack of research related to well-being in dual earner couples during pandemic. This study investigated the predictor role of core self-evaluation and spousal support through mediating role of work family conflict (WFC) on workplace well-being. Based on the conservation of resources theory, we need to identify essential resource to fulfill workplace well-being. Data were collected from 200 employed Jakarta Metropolitan area (Jabodetabek) dual-earners who had at least one child below the age of 13. According to the mediation with two predictors analysis, the mediating effect of WFC can only predict the linkage between core self-evaluation and workplace well-being (β = 0.02, SE =0.02; 95% CI [0.005, 0.061]) but cannot predict the role of spousal support through WFC on workplace well-being (β = 0.00, SE =0.00; 95% CI [-0.002, 0.007]). This finding explained the importance of self-evaluation during pandemic to enhance workplace well-being and buffered negative effect of work and family related burdens.

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De relatie tussen zelfcontrole en diverse werkuitkomsten

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2015.028.004.291 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Annelot van Moerkerk ◽

Veerle Brenninkmeijer

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Self Control ◽

Future Research ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Work Related ◽

Recovery Experiences ◽

The Relationship

The relationship between self-control and work-related outcomes: What is the role of lifestyle? The relationship between self-control and work-related outcomes: What is the role of lifestyle? Having healthy employees is essential for employers. However, the lifestyles of Dutch employees are not all as healthy as they should. This study investigated the extent to which lifestyle mediates the relationship between self-control and work-related outcomes, including emotional exhaustion, sickness absence, work engagement, job satisfaction, and job performance. A total of 171 Dutch employees working in a variety of sectors participated in this cross-sectional survey. Self-control appeared to be positively associated with smoking, fruit, vegetable and snack consumption, alcohol consumption during the weekend, recovery experiences and sleep quality. We did not find associations with alcohol use during the week, candy consumption and physical exercise. Alcohol consumption during the weekend, recovery experiences and sleep quality mediated the relationships between self-control and a variety of work outcomes. Furthermore, smoking and vegetable consumption were associated with work-related outcomes. With these results, we hope to encourage future research and interventions regarding self-control, lifestyle and work-related outcomes.

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Positive and negative work reflection, engagement and exhaustion in dual-earner couples: Exploring living with children and work-linkage as moderators

German Journal of Human Resource Management Zeitschrift für Personalforschung ◽

10.1177/2397002220964930 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 239700222096493

Author(s):

Johanna Walter ◽

Verena C Haun

Keyword(s):

Work Engagement ◽

Well Being ◽

Beneficial Effects ◽

Work Related ◽

Negative Work ◽

Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽

Dual Earner ◽

Additional Demand ◽

And Performance ◽

Positive Work

Many employees think about their work during off-job time. Scholars have suggested that whether work-related thoughts during off-job time have detrimental or beneficial effects on employees’ well-being and performance depends on the nature of these thoughts. In this study with dual-earner couples we examined whether employees’ positive and negative work reflection during off-job time are associated with their own and with their partners’ work engagement and exhaustion. Furthermore, we investigated whether (a) living with children and (b) being work-linked (i.e. working in the same organisation and/or working in the same profession) moderated these relations. Both partners of 130 German heterosexual dual-earner couples responded to online questionnaires. We estimated multilevel analyses using the actor–partner interdependence model to analyse our dyadic data. We found positive associations between employees’ positive work reflection and both their own and their partners’ work engagement. Employees’ positive work reflection was also associated with their decreased exhaustion. Employees’ negative work reflection was negatively associated with their own work engagement and positively associated with their own exhaustion but unrelated to their partners’ outcomes. Moderator analyses revealed that living with children weakened the link between employees’ positive work reflection and their own work engagement and strengthened the link between their negative work reflection and exhaustion. The presence of couples’ work-linkage did not moderate any of these relations. This study builds on previous research by showing that employees’ positive work-related thinking is not only beneficial to themselves but also to their partners. Furthermore, the results suggest that living with children constitutes an additional demand that reduces the motivational effects of positive work reflection and amplifies the detrimental effects of employees’ negative work reflection.

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