Work–Family Conflicts, Stress, and Turnover Intention Among Hong Kong Police Officers Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 109861112110347
Author(s):  
Jessica C. M. Li ◽  
Chau-kiu Cheung ◽  
Ivan Y. Sun ◽  
Yuen-kiu Cheung ◽  
Shimin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Although work stress, turnover intention, and work–family conflicts among police officers have been extensively investigated, no studies have explored these issues simultaneously under the context of the coronavirus pandemic. Clearly, both work and family domains have been drastically affected by this global health crisis, and it is likely that each domain has a distinctive impact on work outcomes. Using survey data based on a representative random sample of 335 police officers in Hong Kong, this study examines the impacts of resource losses and gains across family and work domains on occupational stress and turnover intention amid the pandemic. A multiple regression indicates that both family-to-work and work-to-family conflicts lead to work stress and turnover intention among police officers. Among officers, supervisory support is negatively associated with turnover intention and moderates the impact of work-to-family conflicts on turnover intention. Finally, measures to mitigate work stress during public health disasters are discussed.

Impact of workplace characteristics on work-family conflict of dual-career couples

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhash C. Kundu ◽  
Rina S. Phogat ◽  
Saroj Kumar Datta ◽  
Neha Gahlawat
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of various workplace characteristics on work-family conflict among dual-career couples in India. Design/methodology/approach Primary data based on 393 employees belonging to dual-career couples were analyzed. Using multiple regression analysis, the study has attempted to find out the effects of workplace characteristics on work-family conflict in dual-career couples. Findings The findings indicate that not all workplace characteristics effect work-family conflict in dual-career couples. Out of 13 characteristics, 8 workplace characteristics, namely, development and flexibility, co-worker support, supervisory support, job competence, self-employee control, practicing overtime, flexibility and discrimination, are found to have significant effects on work-family conflict in dual-career couples. Research limitations/implications As this study is limited to the dual-career couples employed mainly in organizations operating in India, these results may not be generalized to other areas such as traditional career couples, self-employed member of couples and in other national contexts. Practical implications It would be beneficial for organizations to understand and implicate that adoption of certain workplace characteristics provide appropriate choices, freedom and environment for dual-career employees, which further encourage them to build effective amalgamation of work and family roles suiting their individual circumstances. Originality/value This study is an important and almost first study on dual-career couples in India on such issues. As a very scant number of researches have examined the impact of workplace characteristics on work-family conflict on such extensive basis, it definitely contributes to HR literature.

scholarly journals The Impact of Instant Messaging Software on Work Stress and Work and Family conflict and Pressure

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Negative Affects ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Work and family life are the most important part of life for men and women in today’s workplace. The individuals are required to take the responsibilities of work and family roles. However, the development and popularization of information technology results in the time of division between work and family life becomes blurred trend. The message and information of work dumps to us by ubiquitious transmission technique everywhere and everytime even afterwork. Information technology not only increases efficency of work, but also induces pressure. It really interrups our leisure time and bothers our life. This study will examine the impact of work stress, job conflict and stress effects, and further explore the effect of communication with the instant messaging software using intelligent mobile devices to work with job stress and workplace conflicts. This study uses a web-based questionnaire to collect sample data and send a questionnaire through community sites, instant messaging tools, and e-mail. This study is intended to pressure theory and work-family conflict model, coupled with the technical pressure to do the relevant factors. The data analysis method was used to model the structural equation, and SPSS and Smart PLS were used as the main statistical analysis tools to verify the causal relationship between the variables in the research model. The results are as follows: (1)The work pressure will “positive” affect the work-family conflict. (2)There is no positive correlation between work load and work-family conflict. (3)Scientific and technological violations will “positive” affect the work-family conflict. (4)There is no positive correlation between the overloading of science and technology and Work-family conflict. (5)Work-family conflict “negative” affects job satisfaction. (6)Work-family conflict “negative” affects family satisfaction. (7)Work-family conflict will be “negative” affect the work of physical and mental health.

scholarly journals I Quit! Effects of Work-Family Policies on the Turnover Intention

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1893
Author(s):  
José Aurelio Medina-Garrido ◽  
José María Biedma-Ferrer ◽  
María Vanessa Rodríguez-Cornejo
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Intention To Leave ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

The retention of key human resources is a challenge and a necessity for any organisation. This paper analyses the impact of the existence and accessibility of work-family policies on the well-being of workers and their intention to leave the organisation. To test the proposed hypotheses, we applied a structural equation model based on the partial least squares path modelling (PLS-SEM) approach to a sample of 558 service sector workers. The results show that the existence and accessibility of work-family policies directly reduce the intention to leave the organisation. Moreover, this relationship also occurs indirectly, by mediating the well-being that is generated by these work-family policies. We also analysed the moderating role that gender and hierarchy could have in the above relationships. In addition to the above theoretical implications, this study has practical implications. The findings show that employees with family and work balance problems experience lower emotional well-being, more health problems and eventually higher turnover rates. To avoid these problems, management must focus not only on the implementation of work-family policies but also on their accessibility, without subsequent retaliation or prejudice to employees. Additionally, management should pay special attention to female managers, given their greater difficulty in balancing work and family life.

The impact of job and family factors on work stress and engagement among Hong Kong police officers

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica C.M. Li ◽  
Jacky C.K. Cheung ◽  
Ivan Y. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Stress ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Work ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of demands from three life domains: society, workplace and family and different resources at the individual, family and supervisor levels on occupational stress and work engagement among Hong Kong police officers.Design/methodology/approachA survey based on a random sample of 514 male and female police officers was conducted, and multivariate regression was employed to assess the effects of demands and resources on work stress and work engagement.FindingsFamily–work conflicts, organizational and operational factors affected work stress and work engagement among police officers. Constructive coping was found to be positively related to work stress and negatively associated with work engagement.Research limitations/implicationsSurvey data collected from a single Chinese city may not be generalized to officers in other parts of China or Chinese societies with different social and political contexts.Originality/valueThe present study filled the knowledge gap about factors influencing police stress and engagement. This study provides insights into how to establish relevant contextual measures to reduce police work stress. This study represents one of the first attempts to use a random sample of police officers for the investigation of police stress in Hong Kong.

RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ROLE CONFLICTS, ROLE SATISFACTIONS AND LIFE SATISFACTION: EVIDENCE FROM HONG KONG

1998 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy K. Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Interrole Conflict ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Role Conflicts ◽  
Work Family

This study investigated the direct effects among work/family conflicts, job, marital and life satisfactions reported by a Hong Kong sample. Seventeen hundred questionnaires were sent to three different professions in Hong Kong and 497 successful responses were obtained. The findings indicated that work and family conflicts as well as interrole conflict affected job satisfaction and marital satisfaction. Likewise, life satisfaction reported by the respondents was affected by their level of job satisfaction and marital satisfaction as well.

A Qualitative Exploration of Role Salience among Malaysian Professional and Managerial Dual-Career Couples

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 741-752
Author(s):  
Rafiduraida Abdul Rahman Et.al
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Work Characteristics ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Role Salience ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Work And Family Roles ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores work and family roles salience in the context of dual-career couples in Malaysia. Semi-structured qualitative interviews has been conducted on 18 couples in professional and managerial position. The data were transcribed and analyzed using template analysis. The findings revealed that several factors namely culture, religious values, gender, work characteristics and personal preferences influence the couples’ role salience. Women tend to face more struggles to maintain the salience of both roles despite the fact that couples regard both roles to be central to their lives. Factors such as culture and religious values influence the couples’ role salience making them holding to traditional gender attitude and reduce the impact of family to work. Some couples are more affected with spouse work condition or personal preferencesleading them to practice less traditional roles in their family arrangements.Conflicting views within couples also exist, which influence their challenges and satisfaction. This study adds to the work and family research using couple-level analysis in a non-Western context. The qualitative data gained has also enabled the study to extend the understanding on how the dynamic of the interaction between culture, religion, gender, work characteristics and personal preferences come into play to shape couples’ role salience and consequently their work-family experiences and perceptions.

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