title: Social support, work-family conflict, and emotional exhaustion in South Korea.
abstract: With an increase of female workforce and dual-earner families, work-family conflict has received particular attention. Using a sample of 159 employees in South Korea, this study examined whether work-family conflict mediated the relationship between social support and emotional exhaustion. Supervisor and family support were found to be related negatively to two different aspects of work-family conflict, i.e., work interference with family and family interference with work, respectively. Also, each dimension of work-family conflict was associated with employees emotional exhaustion. The relationship between supervisor support and emotional exhaustion was mediated by work interference with family; whereas, the relationship between family support and emotional exhaustion was mediated by family interference with work. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea, ROK.
authors.forename: Soojin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea, ROK.
authors.forename: Seckyoung Loretta
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: CyberMBA Co., Ltd., Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Kyung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea, ROK.
authors.forename: Seokhwa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D012944:Social Support