Achieving work-family balance among Spanish managers and their spouses: A demands-control perspective

Mayo, Margarita, Pastor, Juan Carlos, Cooper, Cary and Sanz Vergel, Ana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1983-422X (2011) Achieving work-family balance among Spanish managers and their spouses: A demands-control perspective. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22 (2). pp. 331-350. ISSN 0958-5192

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Abstract

Using a demands–control perspective and data from 103 manager–spouse couples, this paper examines how job control neutralizes the negative effects of managers’ job demands on their contributions to housework as rated by their spouses. We hypothesized that managers’ contribution to housework chores would be positively associated with spousal rating of family satisfaction. Our empirical evidence showed that managers with frequent business trips were less cooperative in housework and that this association was moderated by the extent of job control. In turn, managers’ cooperation in housework was positively related to spouses’ family satisfaction. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for attracting and retaining managerial talent.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2014 11:00
Last Modified:	24 May 2024 01:04
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49324
DOI:	10.1080/09585192.2011.540158

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