2018 Volume 32 Issue 1 Pages 29-40
Work-family research has examined the impact of work-family conflict on psychological factors. However, the positive side of work-family research has received increasing attention as a result of the influence of positive psychology since 2000. In recent years, work-family enrichment has garnered the most attention. Work-family enrichment requires resources (e.g., coping skills and self-esteem). Work-family enrichment occurs when resources generated in role A improve performance in role B. Work-family enrichment improves work and family performance, so work-family enrichment is being studied in industrial and organizational psychology. Several studies overseas reported that work-family enrichment facilitated work performance and satisfaction as well as family performance and satisfaction. However, work-family enrichment has not been adequately studied in Japan.
The aim of the current study was to examine a mediational model of work-family enrichment (work-to-family enrichment and family-to-work enrichment) from the perspective of the conservation of resources theory.
Participants were 163 mothers with infants who were recruited at five nursery schools. Data were analyzed using a structural equation model. Results indicated that family support was more likely to facilitate work-to-family enrichment and family-to-work enrichment. In turn, work-tofamily enrichment was more likely to facilitate family performance, and family-to-work enrichment was more likely to facilitate work performance and satisfaction. These findings' implications for research and practice are discussed.
