scholarly journals Wellbeing Costs of Technology Use during Covid-19 Remote Working: An Investigation Using the Italian Translation of the Technostress Creators Scale

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (15) ◽  
pp. 5911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Molino ◽  
Emanuela Ingusci ◽  
Fulvio Signore ◽  
Amelia Manuti ◽  
Maria Luisa Giancaspro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Use ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Italian Translation ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Italian Context

During the first months of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected several countries all over the world, including Italy. To prevent the spread of the virus, governments instructed employers and self-employed workers to close their offices and work from home. Thus, the use of remote working increased during the pandemic and is expected to maintain high levels of application even after the emergency. Despite its benefits for both organizations and workers, remote working entails negative consequences, such as technostress. The present study had a double aim: to test the psychometric characteristics of the Italian translation of the brief version of the technostress creators scale and to apply the scale to investigate technostress during the Covid-19 emergency. The research involved 878 participants for the first study and 749 participants for the second one; they completed a self-report online questionnaire. Results confirmed the three-factor structure of the Italian technostress creators scale and highlighted positive relationships between workload, techno-stressors, work–family conflict and behavioural stress. The role of remote working conditions has been analysed as well. The study provided a useful tool for the investigation of technostress in the Italian context. Moreover, it provided indications for practice in the field of remote working and workers’ wellbeing.

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.

scholarly journals The Work-Life Conflict and Satisfaction with Life: Correlates and the Mediating Role of the Work-Family Conflict

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Satisfaction With Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Family

The permeable boundary between family life and professional life allows interferences between them which could lead to either positive or negative consequences in both plans of the employees’ lives. Our paper aims to analyse the relationships between the work-family conflict, organizational attachment, positive and negative affectivity, work satisfaction and life satisfaction and last but not least, well-being. The sample consisted of 245 employees. The main hypothesis highlights the mediating role of the work-family conflict in the relationship between affectivity, workplace attachment and job satisfaction and satisfaction with life. Future research could focus on the environmental factors mediating the relationships between life and job satisfaction and on their interaction with the dispositional factors.

Work-family conflict and project performance of construction professionals in a developing country: testing the mediating–moderating effect of project management self-efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Divine Tuinese Novieto ◽  
Gladstone Sena Kportufe
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Family

PurposeWork-family conflict (WFC), a common problem in all sectors of every economy, has always been linked to negative consequences for individuals, families and employment organisations. However, owing to contextual and situational differences coupled with inconsistent findings, more studies on WFC are indispensable to disentangle the consequential effects of WFC, especially amongst construction professionals. More so, little is known about the dual role of project management self-efficacy (PMSE) in the WFC-performance relation. Thus, the purpose of the present study is to examine the mediating-moderating effects of PMSE on the WFC-performance nexus amongst construction professionals in a developing economy.Design/methodology/approachData for this study came from a cross-sectional survey (questionnaire) administered to 302 construction professionals in Ghana using convenience sampling technique. And partial least square-based structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was performed, which included the assessment of measurement and structural models.FindingsThe results of this study support the mediating–moderating model of WFC, in which PMSE simultaneously mediates and moderates the negative influence of WFC on project performance of construction professionals; thus, validating the dual role of PMSE through the lens of Hobfoll's (1989) conservation of resource theory.Research limitations/implicationsData were collected from a conveniently sampled construction professionals in Ghana. Thus, the sampling framework, including only the construction professionals in three regions of Ghana, does not ensure the full generalisation of the results.Practical implicationsThe findings of the study provide significant implication for construction organisations and practitioners. Construction organisations and practitioners seeking to mitigate the negative consequences of WFC on project performance should focus on building on PMSE of the construction professionals. Further, a responsive work environment is needed to cater for family needs of the construction professionals.Originality/valueThis paper is one of the first to have tested a model including the mediating-moderating effects of PMSE in the construction industry from a developing country perspective. The study, therefore, enriches the prevailing literature from under-represented context by examining the mediating-moderating effects of PMSE on WFC and project performance nexus that has not been previously investigated.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF READINESS OF WORK-HOME RESOURCES AND WORK MOTIVATION IN MINIMIZING WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 738-750
Author(s):  
Shofia Amin ◽  
◽  
Siti Raudhoh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Work Family

Physical distancing and stay-at-home instructions to break the chain of the spread of Covid-19 have led various organizations to change their work policy from work from the office to work from home. The specific objective of this study is to examine the link between the readiness of work-home resources in carrying out work from home, work motivation, and work-family conflict. The questionnaire is distributed to lecturers of public higher education institutes in Indonesia through online media by quantitative methods. Data from 131 respondents were then processed using SEM-SmartPLS. The results showed that work-home resource readiness negatively affected work-family conflict and significantly positively affected work motivation. Work motivation has no significant positive impact on work-family conflict. Thus, work motivation cannot mediate the relationship between work-home resource readiness and work-family conflict. Further research regarding work-home resources readiness in another job field would give a different perspective as lecturers have more independent working time than other employees.

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

The role of personal resources in work–family conflict: Implications for young mothers' well-being

2012 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedva Braunstein-Bercovitz ◽  
Smadar Frish-Burstein ◽  
Benny A. Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Resources ◽  
Young Mothers ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family

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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