Linking household income and work–family conflict: a moderated mediation study

Ford, Michael T.

doi:10.1002/smi.1328

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“…Most people experience some form of work-family conflict; however, that upper-income workers are more likely to have the resources to cope with the conflict when compared to their low-income counterparts. Odle-Dusseau, McFadden, and Britt (2015) noted that because of the increased resources and control over work, the negative impact of work-family conflict may be reduced for those individuals in high-earning jobs .Consistent with this, Ford (2011) found that while high levels of income did not appear to lower the rates of work-family conflict, higher levels of income did seem to provide resources to lower the influence of work-family conflict onto family strain.…”

Section: Financial Needsmentioning

confidence: 82%

Personal Factors and Work-Life Conflict: A Study of a Malaysian Statutory Body

Ismail¹,

Ahmad²,

Omar³

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Work-life conflict has been discussed prominently in the literature for the last two decades because the workforce is increasingly composed of individuals who struggle with multiple roles. A number of empirical investigations have been carried out to examine its nature, variance, and outcome. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between personal factors and work-life conflict among employees of a Malaysian statutory body using a sample of 120 personally-distributed questionnaires. The variables for personal factors consist of career commitment, household responsibilities, and financial needs. The findings indicated that two out of three variables of personal factors (i.e. household responsibilities and financial needs) are positively and significantly related to work-life conflict. The finding also reveals that career commitment is not significantly related to work-life conflict. Therefore, this study adds to the body of knowledge of work-life conflict that validated the positive relationship between employees' personal factors of household responsibilities and financial needs with work-life conflict. On the other hand, this study also proved that an employee's career commitment does not relate to worklife conflict, thus showing that a committed employee would not be feeling any conflict in fulfilling the demands of both of his or her work and non-work lives. Nevertheless, an employee who has higher household responsibilities and financial needs would face a higher conflict in fulfilling the demands of both of his or her work and non-work live. Hence, human resource practitioners could use this information as a reference in their managing their employees.

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Section: Financial Needsmentioning

confidence: 82%

Personal Factors and Work-Life Conflict: A Study of a Malaysian Statutory Body

Ismail¹,

Ahmad²,

Omar³

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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“…Consistent with these theories, studies link higher levels of economic deprivation (i.e. lower income) to a variety of OHP‐relevant individual outcomes, including work‐family conflict, depressive symptoms, and poorer health and well‐being, as well as organizational outcomes such as job attitudes, job performance and work‐family conflict (Brett, Cron, & Slocum, ; Chou et al, ; Deaton, ; Ford, ; George & Brief, ; Kim & Garman, 2003; Pereira & Coelho, ; Shaw & Gupta, ).…”

Section: Objective Financial Deprivationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Money Matters: Recommendations for Financial Stress Research in Occupational Health Psychology

Sinclair

Cheung

2016

Stress Health

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Money is arguably the most important resource derived from work and the most important source of stress for contemporary employees. A substantial body of research supports the relationship between access to financial resources and health and well-being, both at individual and aggregated (e.g. national) levels of analysis. Yet, surprisingly little occupational health psychology research has paid attention to financial issues experienced specifically by those in the labour force. With these issues in mind, the overarching goal of the present paper was to address conceptual and measurement issues in the study of objective and subjective aspects of financial stress and review several assessment options available to occupational health psychology researchers for both aspects of financial stress. Where appropriate, we offer guidance to researchers about choices among various financial stress measures and identify issues that require further research attention. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Some researchers have suggested that the link between financial status, as a specific resource loss, and health is associated with the presence of chronic stressors. For example, individuals from disadvantaged socioeconomic classes and those who experience low‐income levels typically suffer from a greater number of chronic stressors, including financial insecurity, crowding, crime, noise pollution, discrimination, and WFC (Baum, Garofalo, & Yali, ; Ford, ). A recent review of 19 articles on the effects of the economic crisis that began in 2007 found that problems associated with the crisis, such as lowered wages or increased unemployment, were not only linked with increased mood disorders, but also to increased cardiovascular and respiratory diseases (Mucci, Giorgi, Roncaioli, Perez, & Arcangeli, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In an exception to the shortage of research on financial insecurity and work–family experiences, Ford () found that for low‐income compared to high‐income individuals, there were stronger relationships between WFC and family strain, as well as between family‐to‐work conflict (FWC) and family strain. Additionally, perceptions of a negative economic impact on one's life have been found to be related to greater WFC (Lauzun, Major, & Jones, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Employees’ financial insecurity and health: The underlying role of stress and work–family conflict appraisals

Odle-Dusseau

Matthews

Wayne

2018

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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Data from two longitudinal samples were utilized to elucidate underlying mechanisms of the well‐established relationship between financial insecurity and health outcomes, stemming from the theoretical rationale of conservation of resources and cognitive appraisal theories. Study 1 (n = 80) consisted of low‐wage food manufacturing employees working full time, while Study 2 (n = 331) was consisted of a larger, heterogeneous sample of full‐time workers representing multiple occupations. Respondents were surveyed on financial insecurity, work‐to‐family conflict (WFC), stress, and health outcomes at two time periods, 3 months apart. Results across our studies provided support for the direct effects of financial insecurity on WFC and stress. In addition, appraisals of WFC and stress serve as significant mediators of the relationship between financial insecurity and health outcomes, including a significant overall lagged effect across time, and perceived stress accounting for the largest proportion of variance in the lagged relationship among Time 1 financial insecurity and Time 2 health outcomes. Besides support for conservation of resources and cognitive appraisal theories, practically, our studies suggest that workplace initiatives to reduce financial insecurity could positively influence employees’ work–family, stress, and health experiences. Practitioner points When workers experience financial insecurity, it can have detrimental effects on their health. The effect of financial insecurity on worker health appears to occur because of increased work–family conflict and stress associated with financial insecurity. Direct interventions related to addressing financial insecurity may be challenging, but data suggest there may be a meaningful return‐on‐investment.

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Linking household income and work–family conflict: a moderated mediation study

Cited by 37 publications

References 62 publications

Personal Factors and Work-Life Conflict: A Study of a Malaysian Statutory Body

Personal Factors and Work-Life Conflict: A Study of a Malaysian Statutory Body

Money Matters: Recommendations for Financial Stress Research in Occupational Health Psychology

Employees’ financial insecurity and health: The underlying role of stress and work–family conflict appraisals

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