title: A study of the determinants of work-to-family conflict among hospital nurses in Belgium.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examines the relative impact of three sources of work-to-family conflict among hospital nurses: work-family policy use (childcare assistance, schedule flexibility, part-time work), job dimensions (work overload, job autonomy, overtime hours, night shifts, regularity in type of shift, weekend work, hierarchical position, variation in tasks) and organisational support (physician/co-worker support).
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Many studies claim that organisational support and job dimensions are more important sources of work-to-family conflict than work-family policy use, a relation that has not been fully investigated. This study attempts to fill this gap by empirically assessing the relative impact of these sources on nurses' work-to-family conflict.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four hundred and fifty three Belgian nurses completed a web survey. The sources of work-to-family conflict were analysed using a hierarchical linear regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Organisational support influences work-to-family conflict, above and beyond work-family policy use and job dimensions, while policy use has no influence. Physician and co-worker support have a unique decreasing effect, while work overload and overtime hours increase work-to-family conflict.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Organisational support, lack of work overload and absence of overtime hours reduce work-to-family conflict, whereas work-family policy use does not.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To retain and attract nurses by reducing work-to-family conflict, hospitals should not (only) rely on work-family policies but should also invest in organisational support and adapted job dimensions.
authors.affiliation: SEIN - Identity, Diversity and Inequality Research, Hasselt University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lieve
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lembrechts
authors.affiliation: Centre for Sociological Research (CESO), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Vickie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dekocker
authors.affiliation: Organization Studies, SEIN - Identity, Diversity and Inequality Research, Hasselt University, Belgium.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zanoni
authors.affiliation: Sociology of Labour and Industrial Relations, Centre for Sociological Research (CESO), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pulignano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001530:Belgium; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: hospital nurses; job dimensions; organisational support; work-family policy use; work-to-family conflict