Coping with family-to-work conflict: the role of informal work accommodations to family.
The purposes of this study are to (a) construct and validate a scale measuring informal work accommodations to family (IWAF), (b) test the moderating effect of IWAF on the relationship between family-to-work conflict and work stress, and (c) examine the relationships between IWAF and a set of relevant antecedents and coping constructs. Two survey-based nonexperiments are used to accomplish these goals. Results indicate that (a) the IWAF scale is reliable, content valid, and meaningfully correlated to work-family and coping constructs; (b) more frequent use of IWAF attenuates the positive relationship between family-to-work conflict and stress; and (c) IWAF, along with organizational policies and climates, may be important for workplace stress management. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Behson
Scott J
SJ
Silberman College of Business Administration, Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666, USA. Behson@fdu.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work