The interactive effects of proactive personality and work-family interference on well-being.
Proactive personality was expected to moderate the relationship between controllable work and nonwork stressors (e.g., time-based work-family interference) and job/life satisfaction. Moderated multiple regression analyses of survey data from a sample of professionals (N=133) revealed a significant interaction between time-based family interfering-with work and proactive personality predicting life satisfaction and several main effects offering partial support for the hypothesized relationships (alpha<.05). No other interactions between proactive personality and other forms of work-family interference were observed. The benefits of proactive personality may only emerge when personal control over occupational stressors can be exercised.
Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. Chris-Cunningham@utc.edu
Christopher J L
CJ
Cunningham
Gabriel M
GM
De La Rosa
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D002605:Character; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011340:Problem Solving; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*