A Cross‐national Comparative Study of Work‐family Stressors, Working Hours, and Well‐being: China and Latin America Versus the Anglo World

Appraisals, Coping and Affective and Behavioral Reactions to Academic Stressors

“…The psychological literature shows national differences in the perception of various stressors (Spector et al, 2002(Spector et al, , 2004, the stress consequences (Glazer & Beehr, 2005), and the strength of the relationship between the reported stressors and their outcomes (Schaufeli & Janczur, 1994).…”

Job satisfaction and relative income in economic transition: Status or signal?

“…Studies of job satisfaction confined to workers in specific sectors include Leung et al (1996Leung et al ( , 2001 (hospitality); Fielding and Tang (1995) (healthcare); Leung, et al (2000) (education) and Shanfa et al, (1998) (steel). Studies focused exclusively on job satisfaction and/or job stress among managers include Lu et al, (2005), Spector et al (2004) and Siu et al (2002). Nielsen and Smyth (2008) is one study broader in coverage which examines the determinants of job satisfaction among urban residents across 32 cities for a range of industries and ownership forms.…”

Working time arrangements and social consequences – What do we know?

“…A study of Spector et al (Spector et al, 2004) did, however, compare work-family stressors and working hours across 15 countries divided into three regions: The Anglo Region ( Australia, Canada, England, New Zeeland, and U.S.), the Chinese region (Hong Kong, China and Taiwan) and the Latin American Region (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay). This study supported the hypothesis that there was a stronger relation between the number of hours worked and workfamily pressure in the Anglo region than in the Chinese and Latin regions.…”