Titre du document / Document title

Positive and negative work-family interaction and burnout : A longitudinal study of reciprocal relations

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

TONE INNSTRAND Siw ⁽¹⁾ ; LANGBALLE Ellen Melbye ⁽²⁾ ; ESPNES Geir Arild ⁽¹⁾ ; FALKUM Erik ^{(3 4)} ; AASLAND Olaf Gjerløw ^{(5 6)} ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Department of Social Work and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NORVEGE
⁽²⁾ Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, NORVEGE
⁽³⁾ Aker University Hospital, Oslo, NORVEGE
⁽⁴⁾ Institute of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, NORVEGE
⁽⁵⁾ The Research Institute, Norwegian Medical Association, Oslo, NORVEGE
⁽⁶⁾ Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, NORVEGE

Résumé / Abstract

This study examined the longitudinal relationship between work-family interaction (WFI) in terms of the direction of influence (work-to-family vs. family-to-work) and type of effect (conflict vs. facilitation) and burnout. A sample of 2235 respondents from eight different occupational groups (lawyers, bus drivers, employees within information technology, physicians, teachers, church ministers, employees within advertisement, and nurses) supplied data at two points in time with a 2-year time interval. Building upon Hobfoll's (1989) Conservations of Resources (COR) theory, three causal models were proposed. The results of SEM-analyses revealed evidence for both a normal (WFI → burnout), a reverse (WFI ← burnout), and a reciprocal (WFI ↔ burnout) relationship. In general, there were lagged positive effects between the conflict dimensions of WFI and burnout and lagged negative effects between the facilitation dimension of WFI and burnout. One exception was a significant lagged negative effect between disengagement at Time 1 and work-to-family conflict at Time 2, suggesting that distancing oneself from job might act as a coping strategy causing lower levels of work-to-family conflict.

Revue / Journal Title

Work and stress   ISSN 0267-8373   CODEN WOSTEH 

Source / Source

2008, vol. 22, n^o1, pp. 1-15 [15 page(s) (article)] (2 p.3/4)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Taylor & Francis, London, ROYAUME-UNI  (1987) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Social environment ; Human ; Occupational environment ; Stress ; Conflict ; Occupational burnout ; Follow up study ; Family work relation ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Environnement social ; Homme ; Milieu professionnel ; Stress ; Conflit ; Epuisement professionnel ; Etude longitudinale ; Relation famille travail ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Contexto social ; Hombre ; Medio profesional ; Estrés ; Conflicto ; Agotiamento profesional ; Estudio longitudinal ; Relación familia trabajo ;

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

work-family conflict ; work-family facilitation ; burnout ; conservation of resources (COR) theory ; SEM analysis ; longitudinal study ; work-related stress ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 21355, 35400018309519.0010