The impact of dependent-care responsibility and gender on work attitudes.
On the basis of a survey of 18,120 federal employees in dual-income households, six 5-stage hierarchical multiple regression analyses, controlling for 10 demographic variables, assessed the impact of child care, elder care, and gender on work-family balance and various facets of job satisfaction. Elder-care responsibility was associated with lower levels of satisfaction with perceived organizational support, pay, leave benefits, and work-family balance, whereas the negative main effects of child care were limited to leave benefits and work-family balance. However, child-care responsibility also interacted with gender: Its negative influence was greater on women's work-family balance and leave satisfaction. Decrements in satisfaction associated with dependent care on the "sandwich generation" were additive, not interactive.
Buffardi
L C
LC
Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030-4444, USA. buffardi@gmu.edu
Smith
J L
JL
O'Brien
A S
AS
Erdwins
C J
CJ
D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D016241:Child of Impaired Parents; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D017132:Workplace