Toward a Multidimensional Assessment of Work Spillover into Family Life

Demographic Predictors of Work-Family Conflict for Men and Women: The Case of Nigeria

“…In the first part, eleven-item work-family conflict and family-work conflict scale developed with the help of work spillover measures of Grandey, Cordeiro, and Crouter (2005), and Small and Riley (1990) is used. Responses to the six WFC items and the five FWC items were made on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).…”

Commuting with a Plan: How Goal-Directed Prospection Can Offset the Strain of Commuting

“…When the boundary between the two domains of work and home are weakened, work seeps into home, and home seeps into work. This can have negative consequences, such as when there is conflict between the demands of work and home (Small & Riley, 1990), or when employees are trying to balance competing roles (Mennino et al, 2005;Schieman et al, 2003). To prevent these negative effects from occurring, employees can strengthen their boundaries, thus making the demarcation between work and home clear -with positive outcomes, such as increased job satisfaction and lower burnout (Bulger et al, 2007).…”

“…When this boundary is weakened, work seeps into home, and vice versa -sometimes with negative consequences. Although this spillover can be positive at times, researchers have primarily been concerned with negative spillover that occurs when the demands of work and home compete for employees' time, energy, and attention (Small & Riley, 1990). Trying to balance competing roles between work and home can lead to negative wellbeing (Mennino, Rubin, & Brayfield, 2005;Schieman, McBrier, & Gundy, 2003).…”

Stress and Burnout in Canadian Midwives

“…Some scholars focus on the concept of strict balance (Greenhaus, Collins & Shaw, 2003), others are more interested in reciprocal interference from work to home and from home to work (Peeters, Montgomery, Bakker, & Schaufeli, 2005), some tend to focus on work-family conflict (Greenhaus & Beutell, 1985), and others broaden the concept to include leisure activities (Dex & Bond, 2005;Small & Riley, 1990). Regardless of the perspective, the common thread is the need to reconcile the demands of one's work life with one's expectations for one's non-work life (or home life, or family life).…”

“…Regardless of the perspective, the common thread is the need to reconcile the demands of one's work life with one's expectations for one's non-work life (or home life, or family life). The results of work interference on non-work life can include both physical and psychological symptoms of anxiety (Small & Riley, 1990), and possibly burnout (Peeters et al, 2005) and sleep disturbances (Tucker, Dahlgren, Akerstedt, & Waterhouse, 2008).…”