Journal of Family Issues · 2011 · 29 citations · 71 references
Social SciencesOrganizational BehaviorPsychologyIndividual DifferencesIndustrial-organizational PsychologyPersonality PsychologyCoping SkillsCoping StrategiesFamily ConflictOccupational StressWork-family BalanceWorkplace StressCoping StylesInternal Locus Of ControlPassive CopingPsychosocial Work StressWork - Life ConflictWork ConflictWork-family Role ConflictWork-family Stress
Employees ( N = 291) of various industries and companies were surveyed to study how individual factors (coping and personality) affect work–family conflict: strain-based work-to-family conflict (S-WFC), time-based work-to-family conflict (T-WFC), strain-based family-to-work conflict (S-FWC), and time-based family-to-work conflict (T-FWC). As expected, passive coping was related to significantly higher levels of S-WFC, S-FWC, and T-FWC. Unexpectedly, active coping was related to higher levels of S-WFC. As hypothesized, social support coping was negatively related to work–family conflict, but only for T-WFC. Venting was positively related to S-WFC. As predicted, neuroticism was positively related to S-WFC, T-WFC, and S-FWC. Passive coping mediated the positive relationship between neuroticism and S-FWC. Neither internal locus of control nor extraversion was related to work–family conflict. Implications and suggestions for further research are discussed.
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