First Advisor

Leslie Hammer

Term of Graduation

Spring 2009

Date of Publication

6-12-2009

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Applied Psychology

Department

Psychology

Language

English

Subjects

Work and family -- United States, Quality of life -- United States

DOI

10.15760/etd.7807

Physical Description

1 online resource (2, vi, 173 pages)

Abstract

The primary goal of the current study was to examine the antecedents of work-to-family and family-to-work positive spillover. This dissertation examined the relationship between work, family, and personal domain resources with the outcomes of work-to-family and family-to-work positive spillover. Specifically, five types of resources were tested as predictors of positive spillover as proposed by Greenhaus and Powell's (2006) theory of work-family enrichment. To test these relationships, constructs from the work and family domains were used to operationalize each of the proposed resources, and a longitudinal research design was applied in order to establish these resources as predictors of positive spillover. Data were collected from grocery store employees in the Midwestern United States as part of a larger study funded by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The results of the study found the material resource of income adequacy as a longitudinal predictor of work-to-family positive spillover and parental status as a cross-sectional predictor of family-to-work positive spillover. Overall, this study serves as a starting point in the understanding of the antecedents of positive spillover and help guide decisions about measurement, sample selection, and model development in future positive spillover research. These contributions to the literature are discussed along with the limitations and suggestions for the future of positive spillover research.

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