The effects of job demands and low job control on work–family conflict: the role of fairness in decision making and management

2008 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarja Heponiemi ◽  
Marko Elovainio ◽  
Laura Pekkarinen ◽  
Timo Sinervo ◽  
Anne Kouvonen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
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.

The Job Demands–Control–Support Model and Job Satisfaction Across Gender

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woosang Hwang ◽  
Kamala Ramadoss
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Job Control ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Coworker Support ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Work Family

This study examined the gender difference regarding the simultaneous impacts of Job Demands–Control–Support model variables (job demands, job control, supervisor support, and coworker support) on job satisfaction via work–family conflict using multiple group structural equation modeling. The participants were 1,092 male and 1,367 female employees from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce. Results showed that job control was only significantly associated with work–family conflict in female employees. In addition, high levels of job control, supervisor support, and coworker support were significantly associated with an increase in job satisfaction in both male and female employees. Regarding the mediating effect, work–family conflict mediated relationships between job demands, supervisor support, coworker support, and job satisfaction in both male and female employees, whereas work–family conflict only mediated the association between job control and job satisfaction in female employees. In this study, the implications considering the gender difference and work–family contexts are discussed.

scholarly journals Job Demands-Control model and employees’ mental health: The mediate role of work-family conflict

Psicologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Maria José Chambel ◽  
Vânia Sofia Carvalho ◽  
Mariana Neto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Characteristics ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family

This paper has two goals: examine the effect of job characteristics proposed in the Job Demands-Control (JDC) model on work-family conflict (WFC) and the effect of this variable on employees’ mental health; examine the mediate role of WFC between these job characteristics and employees’ mental health. The hypotheses, using structural equation modeling, were tested with cross-lagged analyses based on two waves over a 6-months period in a sample of 958 employees with different functions in a Portuguese organization from service sector. The findings show that job demands are significant in determining WFC, which in turn mediates the relationship between these job characteristics and employees’ mental health six months later. No relationship is found between job control and WFC. The paper highlights the relevance to intervene on job demands and WFC to control employees´ mental health.

scholarly journals Is Familism a Motivator or Stressor? Relationships Between Confucian Familism, Emotional Labor, Work-Family Conflict, and Emotional Exhaustion Among Chinese Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoshuang Zhu ◽  
Guoxiu Tian ◽  
Hongbiao Yin ◽  
Wenjie He
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Surface Acting ◽  
Chinese Teachers ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family

To reveal the cultural effect in the job demands-resources model, this study examined how Confucian familism, emotional labor, and work-family conflict (WFC) explain the variance in teachers’ emotional exhaustion, with a focus on the mediating roles of emotional labor and WFC. With a sample of 3,312 teachers in China, the results of this study revealed that surface acting and expression of naturally felt emotion (ENFE) and WFC mediated the relationship between familism and emotional exhaustion. Moreover, familism positively predicted deep acting, ENFE, WFC, and emotional exhaustion, while negatively predicted surface acting. These findings suggest that Confucian familism may play the dual role of motivator and stressor for Chinese teachers’ emotional labor and well-being. This study contributes to the job demands-resources theory by revealing the important role of cultural traditions and provides valuable information for interventions to sustain teacher well-being.

How job demands affect absenteeism? The mediating role of work–family conflict and exhaustion

2015 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Vignoli ◽  
Dina Guglielmi ◽  
Roberta Bonfiglioli ◽  
Francesco Saverio Violante
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Psychosocial Predictors of Medically Unexplained Infertility in Urban Working Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 263183182098782
Author(s):  
Moumita Chakraborty ◽  
Parama Gupta ◽  
Deepshikha Ray
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Unexplained Infertility ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Medically Unexplained ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Urban Working

Background: Infertility is one of the major causes of mental health issues among couples. Interestingly, a large percentage of this infertility cannot be always explained in terms of a medical diagnosis. Psychological distress has long been suspected as having an important impact on infertility. However, the exact nature of association between psychological factors and infertility has been a subject matter of scientific debate. For modern urban women, there is an additional obligation of balancing work and home responsibilities; this dual role inevitably leads to stress. In this context, an important yet less-explored area of infertility is the role of work-related stress on female infertility. Aims: This study tries to investigate the mediating role of certain psychosocial constructs viz (a) Self-efficacy related to work-family conflict—measured in terms of “work-family conflict self-efficacy scale” by Cinamon (2003), (b) perceived occupational stress—measured in terms of “work-to-family conflict scale” by Netemeyer et al (1996), (c) decision-making in family—measured in terms of “decision-making scale” by Blood and Wolfe, (d) perceived infertility stress—measured in terms of “fertility problem inventory” by Newton et al (1999) in 25 urban working women of the age range 28 to 40 years who have been experiencing medically unexplained infertility for at least 1 year; the severity of infertility being measured in terms of duration of involuntary childlessness. Results: The analysis reveals that severity of medically unexplained infertility can be explained in terms of “self-efficacy related to work-family conflict” and “perceived infertility stress”; 28.6% of variation in severity of unexplained infertility being contributed by “self-efficacy related to work-family conflict” and 46.9% of the variation in the severity of unexplained infertility being contributed by a conjunction of “perceived infertility stress” and “self-efficacy related to work-family conflict.” Conclusion: The findings imply that urban educated women tend to place more psychological emphasis on “motherhood,” and “perceived deficit in attaining motherhood” seems to be the important source of personal stress for these women in comparison to stressors emanating from occupational hazards and family dynamics related to decision-making.

scholarly journals The Influence of Work-Family Conflict on Taiwanese Expatriates' Burnout and Turnover Intention in China: Guanxi as a Moderator

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 140-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kuo-Shu YUAN ◽  
Tung-Ju WU ◽  
Margaret FLYNN
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Intent To Return ◽  
Assignment Management ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Work Family

Guanxi has been shown to play an important role in the management of Taiwanese expatriates assigned to China. In this study, we examined the relationships between expatriates’ work-family conflict, burnout, and intent to return early and the moderate role of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi in these relationships from the perspective of job demands-resources model. We used a two-waved data from a sample of 257 Taiwanese expatriates in China, and the results supported the moderating hypotheses of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi. Besides, burnout mediated the effect of work-family conflict on intent to return early, only when Taiwanese expatriates perceived low levels of supervisor-subordinate Guanxi. Finally, Guanxi would be a buffer for expatriate assignment management in the Chinese context.

scholarly journals Towards Better Understanding of the Harmful Impact of Hindrance and Challenge Stressors on Job Burnout of Nurses. A One-Year Cross-Lagged Study on Mediation Role of Work-Family Conflict

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Łukasz Baka ◽  
Monika Prusik
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Job Demands ◽  
Job Burnout ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Cognitive Demands ◽  
Emotional Demands ◽  
Work Family ◽  
One Year

The mediation role of work–family conflict (WFC) in job demands – job burnout link is well documented, also in group of nurses. It is still unclear, however, which job demands are particularly conducive to WFC and job burnout. Moreover the mediational effect of WFC was tested mainly in cross-sectional studies that were conducted in countries of North America and Western Europe. Drawing on the Job Demands-Resources and the Effort-Recovery models, this one-year cross-lagged study investigates the effects of five types of job demands related to challenge and hindrance stressors on job burnout (measured with exhaustion and disengagement from work) as well as the mediational role of WFC in Polish nurses. Job demands included emotional, cognitive demands, and demands for hiding emotions (as challenge stressors) as well as quantitative demands and work pace (as hindrance stressors). Data were collected among 516 nurses. Structural equation modelling (SEM) showed that hindrance stressors (T1) are predictor of higher job burnout (T2). The positive role of challenge stressors (T1) were not supported. Only emotional demands were associated with exhaustion but the direction of the relation was opposite than expected. WFC (T1) mediated the harmful effect of the two hindrance stressors and emotional demands on disengagement from work (but not on exhaustion). Cognitive demands and demands for hiding emotions were not related to negative outcomes. The obtained results shed light on the role of the challenge-hindrance stressors and WFI in development of job burnout. The implications for theory and research on the mental health of nurses are discussed.

The Role of Supervisors and Leaders in Managing Work-Family Conflict

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin Cigularov ◽  
Peter Y. Chen ◽  
Debra A. Major
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family
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