Work-family enrichment and psychological health
SA Journal of Industrial Psychology
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Work-family enrichment and psychological health | |
| Creator | Jaga, Ameeta Bagraim, Jeffrey Williams, Zahira | |
| Description | Orientation: This study examines the beneficial aspects of the interface between work and family and its relationships with psychological health from a positive psychology perspective.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate whether work-family enrichment helps to predict psychological health, specifically increased subjective well-being and decreased feelings of emotional exhaustion and depression.Motivation for the study: The burgeoning literature on the work-family interface contains little on the potentially positive benefits of maintaining work and family roles.Research approach, design and method: The authors used a descriptive research design. Employees in two national organisations in the financial retail and logistics industries completed a self-administered survey questionnaire. The authors analysed responses from those who reported both family and work responsibilities (N = 160).Main findings: Consistent with previous research, factor analysis revealed two distinct directions of work-family enrichment: from work to family (W2FE) and from family to work (F2WE). Multiple regression analysis showed that F2WE explained a significant proportion of the variance in subjective wellbeing, whilst W2FE explained a significant proportion of the variance in depression and emotional exhaustion.Practical/managerial implications: The findings of this study revealed the individual and organisational benefits of fostering work-family enrichment. Contributions/value add: This study presents empirical evidence for the need to focus on the positive aspects of the work-family interface, provides further support for a positive organisational psychology perspective in organisations and hopefully will encourage further research on interventions in organisations and families. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2013-09-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajip.v39i2.1143 | |
| Source | SA Journal of Industrial Psychology; Vol 39, No 2 (2013); 10 pages 2071-0763 0258-5200 | |
| Language | eng | |
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