The effect of work–family conflict and hindrance stress on nurses' satisfaction: the role of ethical leadership

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Freire ◽  
Cláudia Bettencourt
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hindrance Stress ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe main aim of this study is to explore the moderating role of ethical leadership on the indirect effect of work–family conflict on nurses' job satisfaction via hindrance stress.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was answered by 224 nursing professionals working in public and private health institutions.FindingsA mediation–moderation model was estimated, and the results thereof indicated that work–family conflict has an indirect negative effect on satisfaction through the mediation mechanism of hindrance stress. Results also show that ethical leadership enhances this mediated relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe cross-sectional data limited the generalization of results. Future research should develop longitudinal studies, which will allow for conclusions to be drawn with regard to inferences of causality.Practical implicationsIt is recommended that health organizations should develop ethical training for their leaders. By doing so, they will address two issues: the conciliation between work and family as well as the reduction of job stress, which will subsequently improve job satisfaction.Originality/valueThe originality of this empirical study lies in the exploration of the moderating role of ethical leadership in the indirect effect of work–family conflict, which, in turn, impacts on job satisfaction via the hindrance stress experienced by nurses. The study is innovative in the sense that it seeks to gain a greater understanding of the moderation–mediation mechanisms of the variables under study.

Technostress and the entitled employee: impacts on work and family

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Harris ◽  
Ranida B. Harris ◽  
Matthew Valle ◽  
John Carlson ◽  
Dawn S. Carlson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Negative Outcomes ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Personality Variable ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Employee Entitlement ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand the impact of techno-overload and techno-invasion on work and family. Specifically, we focus on intention to turnover in the work domain, work-family conflict in the work-family domain, and family burnout in the family domain. Furthermore, this study examines the moderating role of entitlement, a personality variable, in this process.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 253 people who were using technology to complete their work over two time periods, the relationships were examined using hierarchical moderated regression analysis.FindingsThe results revealed that both techno-overload and techno-invasion were significantly related to greater turnover intentions, higher work-family conflict, and greater family burnout. In addition, entitlement played a moderating role such that those who were higher in entitlement had stronger techno-overload-outcome and technostress invasion-outcome relationships.Practical implicationsThese findings may provide managers key insights to help manage employees, especially those with an inflated sense of entitlement, to mitigate the serious negative outcomes associated with techno-overload and techno-invasion. In particular, both techno- overload and techno-invasion had minimal impact on negative outcomes when employee entitlement was lower. However, when employee entitlement was higher, techno-overload and techno-invasion had considerable negative effects.Originality/valueDue to the ubiquitous nature of information-communication technology (ICT) in organizations today, individuals often experience techno-overload and techno-invasion. This research utilized conservation of resources theory to examine these relationships. This study established the relationships of both techno-overload and techno-invasion with key organizational and family outcomes and points to the critical role of the personality variable, entitlement, in this process. The results provide theoretical and practical advancement in the role of technology with people in organizations today.

Abusive supervision and work-family conflict: an empirical investigation of Indian professionals

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sajeet Pradhan ◽  
Prashant Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stress Transmission ◽  
Work Family

Purpose The study aims to investigate the direct and indirect effect of subordinate’s perceived abusive supervision (AS) on his/her work–family conflict (WFC) and family–work conflict (FWC). Although prior studies have empirically explored the direct effect, but the role of mediators like compulsory citizenship behavior, burnout and stress transfer explaining the indirect effect has seldom been reported. Design/methodology/approach The study draws cross-sectional dyadic data from multiple sources (both job incumbent and the spouse). A final sample of 188 was used to test the hypotheses using SmartPLS. Findings The result reports positive relationship between AS and inter-role conflict (WFC and FWC). The findings also reported compulsory citizenship behavior (CCB) partially mediating the positive relationship between AS and WFC and AS and FWC. Also, the positive relationship between AS and WFC is partially (serial) mediated by CCB and burnout, and similarly, the association between AS and FWC is partially (serial) mediated by CCB and stress transmission. Originality/value The study makes several valuable contributions to the extant literature; first, it is the only study to explore the direct and indirect effect of AS on inter-role conflict (WFC and FWC) in Indian organizations. Second, the mediational role of CCB (as explained by the conservation of resources theory) and burnout and stress transmission (as explained by the spillover and crossover theory) offers rare insight about the process that explains the relationship between the focal constructs.

Job resources and satisfaction across gender: the role of work–family conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4/5) ◽  
pp. 372-385
Author(s):  
Marijana Matijaš ◽  
Marina Merkaš ◽  
Barbara Brdovčak
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Job Resources ◽  
Job Autonomy ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Worker Support ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the direct effects of job autonomy and co-worker support on job satisfaction, and the mediational role of work–family conflict (WFC) in the relationship between these job resources and job satisfaction in men and women. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional design was used. Participants (n=653) completed the WFC scale (Netemeyer et al., 1996), the job autonomy scale (Costigan et al., 2003), a scale of co-worker support (Sloan, 2012) and a new short multidimensional scale of job satisfaction. Findings Higher job autonomy and co-worker support contribute positively to job satisfaction in women and men. Co-worker support has an indirect effect on job satisfaction via WFC in women, but not in men. The WFC did not mediate the relationship between job autonomy and satisfaction in men and women. Originality/value This paper contributes to the research on the effects of job resources on WFC and job satisfaction, and on gender differences in the relationship between work and family.

Impact of ethical leadership on job satisfaction: the mediating effect of work–family conflict

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Freire ◽  
Claudia Bettencourt
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Health Institutions ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating effect of the work–family conflict in the relation between ethical leadership and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire was answered by 234 nursing professionals working in Portuguese public health institutions.FindingsRegression analyses indicate that there is a positive relationship between ethical leadership and satisfaction and a negative relationship between ethical leadership and the nurse's work–family conflict. Furthermore, it was revealed that the work–family conflict mediated (partially) the relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsEthical leadership was measured by assessing the nurses' perceptions of their leaders' character. The cross-sectional data limited the possibility of establishing the causality of the study variables, where the generalization of results was not possible due to the fact that data were obtained in public health institutions alone.Practical implicationsConsidering that ethics precede good relations between the manager and collaborator, it is recommended that organizations develop ethical training for their leaders, more specifically in the case of head nurses.Originality/valueThe added value of this empirical study lies in the mediated role of the work–family conflict in the analysis of the relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction.

Work–family conflict and job satisfaction among construction professionals: the mediating role of emotional exhaustion

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tharindu C. Dodanwala ◽  
Pooja Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation Models ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Work–family conflict plays a vital role in employees’ work-related satisfaction and emotional exhaustion measures. Yet, the theoretical interrelationship between work–family conflict, emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction has not been fully explored in the construction literature. Hence, this study aims to assess emotional exhaustion’s mediating role in the relationship between work–family conflict and job satisfaction of the construction professionals. Design/methodology/approach Data were gathered from a cross-sectional survey of 308 project-level construction professionals in Sri Lanka. A confirmatory factor analysis followed by three structural equation models was used in analyzing the research hypotheses. Findings The results support the mediation model of emotional exhaustion, in which the emotional exhaustion fully mediated the relationship between work–family conflict and job satisfaction. Hence, the authors concluded that a higher level of work–family conflict would directly contribute to a greater degree of emotional exhaustion, which in turn lessens the job satisfaction of the project employees. Originality/value In identifying how work–family conflict, emotional exhaustion and job satisfaction are linked together, the present study added the mediating role of emotional exhaustion to the previous empirical research on the relationship between work–family conflict and job satisfaction in the context of the construction industry.

Work-Family Conflict and Organisationally Valued Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Decision Latitude in Five National Contexts

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tejinder K. Billing ◽  
Rabi S. Bhagat ◽  
Emin Babakus ◽  
Balaji Krishnan ◽  
David L. Ford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Decision Latitude ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Moderating Role
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