Work‐Family conflict: The effect of job and family involvement

Abstract

A review of past research revealed inconsistent findings concerning the relationship between job involvement and work‐family conflict. This study tested whether family involvement moderates the relationship between job involvement and work‐family conflict. Two types of family involvement (spouse and parent) and two types of work‐family conflict (job‐spouse and job‐parent) were assessed. Data were gathered via questionnaire from a sample of nonteaching professionals employed by a large public university in the northeastern United States. As hypothesized, job involvement and job‐spouse conflict were positively related for individuals high in spouse involvement and unrelated for individuals low in spouse involvement. Contrary to prediction, parental involvement did not moderate the relationship between job involvement and job‐parent conflict. Instead, job involvement was positively related to job‐parent conflict regardless of the level of parental involvement. Results are discussed in terms of standards for role performance and strength of role demands. Implications for future research are also discussed.

Fan-family conflict : an examination of inter-role conflict between sport fan and family roles.

“…In such a case, the individual may struggle balancing the demands of both roles. Frone and Rice (1987) tested this theory empirically. The authors found the effect of job involvement on inter-role conflict was only significant for those individuals who were also highly involved with their spousal role.…”

“…Given the variations in affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses of sport fans (Wann & Branscombe, 1993), fan identification was chosen as the primary variable of interest. Further, research suggests role involvement/centrality is predictive of inter-role conflict (Carlson & Perrewe, 1999;Frone & Rice, 1987;Frone, Russell, & Cooper, 1992). According to the inclusion of role involvement/identification is necessary to fully understand inter-role conflict.…”

“…To test this theory, Frone and Rice (1987) sampled 141 staff members of a northeastern university to observe the effects of involvement in both the work and family domains on perceptions of inter-role conflict. Role involvement was defined as "the importance of a role for one's self concept" (Frone & Rice, 1987, p. 46).…”

“…Job-parent conflict is inevitable, regardless of parental involvement, as the role requirements of being a parent are inescapable. Therefore, parents will experience strain when trying to balance their parental and job demands, especially parents with high job involvement (Frone & Rice, 1987).…”

“…Researchers have examined inter-role role conflict extensively through the lens of work and family roles (Burke, Weir, & DuWors, 1980;Dixon & Bruening, 2005;Frone & Rice, 1987;Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985;Lapierre et aI., 2008), as well as between leisure and family roles (Fick, Goff, & Oppliger, 1996;Gillespie, Leffler, & Lerner, 2002;Goff, Fick, & Oppliger, 1997). Like engagement within the work role, participation in serious leisure activities are "time, resource, and .. .identity intensive" (Gillespie et aI., 2002, p. 286), thus creating an ideal condition for inter-role conflict.…”