Experiencing conflict, feeling satisfied, being engaged: Limiting the detrimental effects of work–family conflict on job performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Dirk De Clercq ◽  
Inam Ul Haq ◽  
Affan Ahmad Butt
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Performance Expectations ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
Work Family

Abstract This paper investigates the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between employees' perceptions of work–family conflict – defined as the extent to which the quality of their family life suffers due to work obligations – and their job performance. It also notes a buffering role of the satisfaction that employees feel about how their career has progressed since they joined the employing organization. Three-wave, time-lagged data reveal that an important reason work–family conflict diminishes job performance is that employees become less engaged with their work. Yet, this mediating role of work engagement is less salient to the extent that employees are satisfied with how their organization has supported their career goals over the course of their employment. This study accordingly pinpoints a prominent risk for employees who suffer from negative spillovers of work stress into the family domain, then make this situation worse by failing to meet organization-set performance expectations, which can generate even more stress. Employers can mitigate this risk though, by ensuring that their employees feel satisfied with how their career has progressed.

Work–family conflict and job performance: mediating role of work engagement in healthcare employees

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Safiye Şahin ◽  
Uğur Yozgat
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Task ◽  
Healthcare Employees

Abstract This study aims to examine the mediating role of work engagement in the effect of work interfering with the family (WIF) and family interfering with the work (FIW) on employees' employee-rated and supervisor-rated contextual and task performance, drawing on Job Demands and Job Resources model. The sample of the study consisted of 432 healthcare employees and 61 supervisors working for public hospitals in Turkey. We found support for a mediational model such that the relationship between FIW and employee-rated job performance (contextual and task) was mediated by work engagement. Although some studies examined how work–family conflict affects job performance, our knowledge on how these relationships can be mediated through work engagement is still limited. This study further investigates the underlying mechanism in the relationship between WFC and job performance.

scholarly journals The effect of psychological capital on work engagement with mediating role of work -family conflict among nurses

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mohammad Tabataba'i-Nasab ◽  
Mehdi Sabokro ◽  
Mohammad Bagher Fallahi ◽  
◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Psychological Capital ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Family

Burnout Among Primary Government School Teachers: The Mediating Role of Work– Family Conflict

2020 ◽  
pp. 097168582095398
Author(s):  
Arjun Chakravorty ◽  
Pankaj Singh
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Government School ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Although the impact of job demands and work–family conflict (WFC) on burnout has been extensively discussed and analysed in the past literature, the role of WFC as a generative mechanism has been neglected. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effects of WFC between job demands and burnout. The studied sample consisted of 713 Indian primary school government teachers who completed a self-report questionnaire assessing job demands, WFC and burnout. The results confirmed that WFC partially mediates the adverse association of job demands with burnout. Primary schools should, therefore, be encouraged to provide effective practices to manage work–family interfaces.

scholarly journals Work-family conflict and job burn-out among Chinese doctors: the mediating role of coping styles

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. e000004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Chen ◽  
Junjun Liu ◽  
Hailong Yang ◽  
Hui Ma ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Coping Style ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Burn Out ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

Background Burn-out among doctors threatens their own health, and that of their patients. To identify risk factors of the doctor burn-out is vital to improving their health and increasing the quality of healthcare services. This study aims to explore the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and burn-out among Chinese doctors and the mediating role of coping styles in this relationship.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted in China, with a questionnaire packet which consisted of the Chinese Maslach Burnout Inventory (CMBI), WFC Scale and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ). A total of 2530 doctors participated in the survey. Correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between CMBI, WFC and SCSQ scores. A linear regression model was set to determine the mediating role of coping styles on the relationship between WFC and burn-out.ResultsDoctors who had higher scores on work interfering with family conflict, reported more emotional exhaustion (r=0.514, P<0.001) and had a sense of accomplishment (r=−0.149, P<0.001). Simultaneously, family interfering with work (FIW) was positively associated with all dimensions of burn-out (r=0.213, 0.504, 0.088, respectively, P<0.001). Coping styles had partial, complete and even mediating effects on the relationship between WFC and burn-out among Chinese doctors.ConclusionsWFC was correlated with burn-out, and coping style was a mediator in this relationship among Chinese doctors. Coping style was a positive resource against burn-out.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document