title: How work-self conflict/facilitation influences exhaustion and task performance: A three-wave study on the role of personal resources.
abstract: Although work and family are undoubtedly important life domains, individuals are also active in other life roles which are also important to them (like pursuing personal interests). Building on identity theory and the resource perspective on work-home interface, we examined whether there is an indirect effect of work-self conflict/facilitation on exhaustion and task performance over time through personal resources (i.e., self-efficacy and optimism). The sample was composed of 368 Dutch police officers. Results of the 3-wave longitudinal study confirmed that work-self conflict was related to lower levels of self-efficacy, whereas work-self facilitation was related to improved optimism over time. In turn, self-efficacy was related to higher task performance, whereas optimism was related to diminished levels of exhaustion over time. Further analysis supported the negative, indirect effect of work-self facilitation on exhaustion through optimism over time, and only a few reversed causal effects emerged. The study contributes to the literature on interrole management by showing the role of personal resources in the process of conflict or facilitation over time. (PsycINFO Database Record
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology.
authors.forename: Evangelia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demerouti
authors.affiliation: Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia.
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sanz-Vergel
authors.affiliation: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
authors.forename: Paraskevas
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrou
authors.affiliation: Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam.
authors.forename: Machteld
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Heuvel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D000067656:Optimism / Q000523:psychology*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D016495:Police; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*; D000066477:Work Performance; D055815:Young Adult