Rhythms of Life: Antecedents and Outcomes of Work-Family Balance in Employed Parents

• Main Authors: ARYEE, Samuel, SRINIVAS, E. S., TAN, Hwee Hoon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• Subjects: India; Job Satisfaction; Parent-Child Relations; Personality; Personnel Turnover; Quality of Life; Workload; work-family balance; Family, Life Course, and Society; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Work, Economy and Organizations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2408; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3407/viewcontent/RhythmsLife_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study examined antecedents and outcomes of a fourfold taxonomy of work-family balance in terms of the direction of influence (work-family vs. family-work) and type of effect (conflict vs. facilitation). Respondents were full-time employed parents in India. Confirmatory factor analysis results provided evidence for the discriminant validity of M. R. Frone' s (2003) fourfold taxonomy of work-family balance. Results of moderated regression analysis revealed that different processes underlie the conflict and facilitation components. Furthermore, gender had only a limited moderating influence on the relationships between the antecedents and the components of work-family balance. Last, work-family facilitation was related to the work outcomes of job satisfaction and organizational commitment.