Exploring the Association Between Work–Family Conflict and Job Involvement

Past research among U.S. correctional staff has found that work-family conflict has negative outcomes such as decreasing job satisfaction, decreasing organizational commitment, and increasing job stress. Little empirical research has addressed the association of the specific types of work-family con...

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Authors: Liu, Jianhong 1954- (Author) ; Jiang, Shanhe (Author) ; Lambert, Eric G. (Author) ; Kelley, Thomas M. (Author) ; Zhang, Jinwu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 64, Issue: 8, Pages: 791-817
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Keywords:
China
Chinese prison staff
Job involvement
Work–family conflict
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Summary:Past research among U.S. correctional staff has found that work-family conflict has negative outcomes such as decreasing job satisfaction, decreasing organizational commitment, and increasing job stress. Little empirical research has addressed the association of the specific types of work-family conflict with job involvement. The present study contributes to the literature by separately analyzing the relationship of the four specific major types of work-family conflict (time-based conflict, strain-based conflict, behavior-based conflict, and family-on-work conflict) with job involvement among surveyed staff at two Chinese prisons. Job involvement varied by the type of work-family conflict. Specifically, time-based conflict and strain-based conflict had nonsignificant association with job involvement, but behavior-based and family-based conflicts had significant negative associations.
ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X19896463