Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology.
First Advisor
Dean Frost
Date of Publication
6-11-1993
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Subjects
Role conflict, Work and family, Sex differences
DOI
10.15760/etd.6641
Physical Description
1 online resource (2, iv, 71 p.)
Abstract
There were three underlying purposes to this study: 1) To test the main effect of gender on work -> family and family -> work conflict; 2) To re-examine the predictors of inter-role conflict used by Frone, Russell, and Cooper (1992) (i.e., job involvement, job stress, family involvement, and family stress); and 3) To investigate the importance of using personality characteristics as predictors of how individuals deal with inter-role conflict. A questionnaire was assembled, consisting of: a work -> family conflict spillover scale, a family -> work conflict spillover scale, a job involvement scale, a family involvement scale, a job stressors scale, a family stressors scale, and two sub-scales from the California Psychological Inventory (i.e., the Managerial Potential scale and the Work Orientation scale) . Questionnaires were completed by 134 employees of a civil service agency. Results indicated that gender was not a significant predictor of either work -> family or family ->work conflict. Job stress was found to be a significant predictor of both work -> family, and family ->work conflict. Where as family stress was found to be a significant predictor of family -> work conflict only. Job involvement was found to be a significant predictor of work -> family conflict for managers only. When all predictors were assessed simultaneously, Work Orientation was the only variable found to be a significant predictor of work -> family conflict. The results from this study clarify and add to Frone, Russell, and Cooper's (1992) study of the work-family interface.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/27992
Recommended Citation
Ward, Steven Donald, "A Study of Gender and Personality Factors in Work-Family Conflict Models" (1993). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4757.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6641
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