Home-Based Telecommuting and Quality of Life: Further Evidence on an Employee-Oriented Human Resource Practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Severin Hornung ◽  
Jürgen Glaser
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Human Resource Practice ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Work Family

Building on previous research, further evidence for the potential of home-based telecommuting as an employee-oriented human resource practice is provided from a study in the German public administration. Survey data from 1,008 public employees were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Mean age of the sample was 43.6 yr. ( SD = 8.8 yr.), and 27.5% (277) of the participants were women. Analysis supported the roles of higher Autonomy and lower Work-Family Conflict as psychological mediators between Telecommunication Intensity and both Job Satisfaction and Quality of Life. Implications for the design of flexible working arrangements are discussed.

scholarly journals PERAN KONFLIK PEKERJAAN-KELUARGA TERHADAP KUALITAS HIDUP DENGAN STRES SEBAGAI MEDIATOR PADA WANITA PERAN GANDA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Agita Presilia ◽  
Rismiyati E Koesma ◽  
Zamralita Zamralita
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
World Health ◽  
P Value ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family

Konflik pekerjaan-keluarga banyak dialami pada wanita peran ganda karena mengalami ketidakseimbangan dalam menjalankan tuntutan dalam pekerjaan maupun dalam keluarga. Hal ini akan mempengaruhi kepuasan wanita peran ganda dan mengalami dampak negatif dalam kehidupan sehingga akan menurunkan kualitas hidupnya. Namun, didapatkan hasil yang berbeda, di mana hubungan konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap kualitas hidup dinyatakan tidak cukup kuat, sehingga dalam penelitian ini menggunakan variabel mediator yaitu stres. Konflik pekerjaan-keluarga dapat menyebabkan stres pada wanita peran ganda, sehingga akan mempengaruhi kualitas hidupnya. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat peran konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap kualitas hidup dengan stres sebagai mediator. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah karyawan wanita di Kementerian X yang sudah menikah dan juga sudah memiliki anak. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling dan juga dilanjutkan melalui teknik convenience sampling. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah 183 karyawan wanita peran ganda. Penelitian ini menggunakan tiga alat ukur, yaitu Multdimensional Scale of Work-Family Conflict, World Health Organizational Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), dan juga skala stres umum. Pengujian model dilakukan dengan menggunakan Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) menggunakan LISREL 8.70. Hasil pengujian model menunjukkan bahwa stres dapat berperan sebagai mediator dengan nilai p-value < 0.05, dan RMSEA <0.08, dan dapat memediasi secara parsial pada konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap kualitas hidup. Hasil nilai standardized solution untuk peran konflik pekerjaan-keluarga terhadap kualitas hidup yang awalnya hanya -0.66 menjadi -0.83. Dengan kata lain, hasil ini mengindikasikan bahwa individu yang mengalami konflik pekerjaan-keluarga, ketika mengalami stres, akan memiliki kualitas hidup yang lebih rendah. Work-family conflicts are mostly experienced by multiple roles women because they experience an imbalance in carrying out demands at work and in the family. This will affect the satisfaction of multiple roles women who experience negative impacts that will lower their quality of life. However, different results were obtained, where the relationship between work-family conflict and quality of life was declared not strong enough, therefore, this study used stress as a mediator variable. Work-family conflict can cause stress in multiple roles women, so it will affect the quality of life. Therefore, this study aims to look at the role of work-family conflict on the quality of life with stress as a mediator. The population in this study were female employees in Ministry X who were married and had children. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling and also continued through convenience sampling technique. The number of samples in this study were 183b employees who were multiple roles women. This study used three measuring instruments, namely the Multdimensional Scale of Work-Family Conflict, World Health Organizational Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF), and also the general stress scale. Model testing was carried out using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using LISREL 8.70. The results of the model testing show that stress can act as a mediator with p-value of <0.05, and RMSEA of <0.08, and can partially mediate work-family conflicts with quality of life. The result of the standardized solution value for the role of work-family conflict on quality of life decreased from -0.66, to -0.83. In other words, these results indicate that individuals who experience work-family conflict, when experiencing stress, will have lower quality of life.

Relationships Between Bidirectional Work-Family Interactions and Psychological Well-Being

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xi-Chao Zhang ◽  
Oi Ling Siu ◽  
Jing Hu ◽  
Weiwei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Family Interactions ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Direct Model ◽  
Work Family

This study investigated the direct, reversed, and reciprocal relationships between bidirectional work-family conflict/work-family facilitation and psychological well-being (PWB). We administered a three-wave questionnaire survey to 260 married Chinese employees using a time lag of one month. Cross-lagged structural equation modeling analysis was conducted and demonstrated that the direct model was better than the reversed causal or the reciprocal model. Specifically, work-to-family conflict at Time 1 negatively predicted PWB at Time 2, and work-to-family conflict at Time 2 negatively predicted PWB at Time 3; further, work-to-family facilitation at Time 1 positively predicted PWB at Time 2. In addition, family-to-work facilitation at Time 1 positively predicted PWB at Time 2, and family-to-work conflict at Time 2 negatively predicted PWB at Time 3.

The Impact of Self-Stigma, Role Strain, and Diabetes Distress on Quality of Life and Glycemic Control in Women With Diabetes: A 6-Month Prospective Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 109980042110096
Author(s):  
Ruey-Hsia Wang ◽  
Chia-Chin Lin ◽  
Shi-Yu Chen ◽  
Hui-Chun Hsu ◽  
Chiu-Ling Huang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Glycemic Control ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Role Strain ◽  
Diabetes Distress ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Disease Characteristics ◽  
The Impact

Purposes: Women with diabetes (WD) are more severely impacted by the consequence of suboptimal diabetes control. This study aims to examine the impact of demographic and disease characteristics, baseline self-stigma, role strain, diabetes distress on Hemoglobin A1C (A1C) levels, quality of life (D-QoL) and 6-month A1C levels in younger WD. Methods: This study was a 6-month prospective study. In total, 193 WD aged 20–64 years were selected by convenience sampling from three outpatient clinics in Taiwan. Demographic and disease characteristics, self-stigma, role strain, diabetes distress, A1C levels, and D-QoL were collected at baseline. A1C levels were further collected 6 months later. Structural equation modeling was conducted to test the hypothesized model. Results: The final model supported that higher baseline D-QoL directly associated with lower concurrent A1C levels and indirectly associated with lower 6-month A1C levels through baseline A1C levels. Higher baseline self-stigma, role strain, and diabetes distress directly associated with lower baseline D-QoL, and indirectly associated with higher 6-month A1C levels through D-QoL. Conclusion: Improving self-stigma, role strain, and diabetes distress should be considered as promising strategies to improve D-QoL in young WD. D-QoL plays a mediation role between baseline self-stigma, role strain, diabetes distress and subsequent glycemic control in younger WD. Enhancing baseline D-QoL is fundamental to improve subsequent glycemic control.

scholarly journals Doctors’ Job Satisfaction and Its Relationships With Doctor-Patient Relationship and Work-Family Conflict in China: A Structural Equation Modeling

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 004695801879083 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shumin Deng ◽  
Ningxi Yang ◽  
Shiyue Li ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Hong Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Hubei Province ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Work Family

The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship of doctors’ job satisfaction with doctor-patient relationship and work-family conflict in China. The data came from a cross-sectional survey in Hubei province, which was part of China’s Fifth National Health Services Survey conducted in 2013. The survey in Hubei covered 54 secondary and tertiary general hospitals distributed in 20 counties. Of the 1080 questionnaires, 908 were included into our analysis. After surviving from reliability and validity tests, structural equation modeling was applied for further analysis with SPSS 20.0 and Mplus 7.0. The results showed that the average score of job satisfaction is 19.61 out of 30 points, indicating a relatively low level of doctors’ job satisfaction in Hubei province. Work-family conflict was found to have negative impact on doctors’ job satisfaction, and good doctor-patient relationship was found to have positive impact on their job satisfaction. Therefore, hospital administrators and policy makers should make effort to design and implement strategies that focus on meliorating doctor-patient relationship and balancing doctors’ work and family life to further improve their job satisfaction.

scholarly journals Multiple Linear Regression-Structural Equation Modeling Based Development of the Integrated Model of Perceived Neighborhood Environment and Quality of Life of Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Nanjing, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 4933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Dezhi Li
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Community Dwelling Older Adults ◽  
Perceived Neighborhood Environment

Due to the poor functioning in daily living activities, community-dwelling older adults spend more time in their neighborhood environment. The perceived neighborhood environment is crucial to their quality of life (QoL). To explore the complex influences of perceived neighborhood environment on QoL, a questionnaire was designed to measure their perception of each factor of neighborhood environment and each domain of QoL. Based on collected data, the reliability test was applied to revise the questionnaire. Multiple linear regression (MLR) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were adopted to hypothesize and test the integrated model for community-dwelling older adults. The results show that community-dwelling older adults’ perceptions of neighbor support, facilities related to physical exercise and recreation, and accessibility to facilities impact their overall QoL with diverse coefficients of 0.437, 0.312, and 0.295, respectively; neighbor support (0.207) on physical health; sidewalk condition (0.134), natural environment (0.260), and facilities related to daily life (0.165) on psychological health; and neighbor support (0.298), facilities related to daily life (0.206), and design-related safety (0.225) on social relationship. This revealed that perceptions of neighborhood environment have diverse impacts on their QoL. This study can provide targeted retrofit strategies for communities to enhance QoL of community-dwelling older adults efficiently.

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