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Job satisfaction as a mediator between family-to-work conflict and satisfaction with family life: a dyadic analysis in dual-earner parents

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  • Ligia Orellana

    (Universidad de La Frontera)

  • Berta Schnettler

    (Universidad de La Frontera
    Universidad de La Frontera
    Universidad de La Frontera, Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO)
    Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil)

  • Edgardo Miranda-Zapata

    (Centro de Investigación Escolar y Desarrollo (Cied-UCT)
    Universidad Autónoma de Chile)

  • Mahia Saracostti

    (Universidad de Valparaíso, Escuela de Trabajo Social)

  • Héctor Poblete

    (Universidad de La Frontera)

  • Germán Lobos

    (Universidad de Talca)

  • Cristian Adasme-Berríos

    (Universidad Católica del Maule)

  • María Lapo

    (Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil)

  • Andrés Concha-Salgado

    (Universidad de La Frontera)

Abstract

Family-to-work conflict has received less attention in the literature compared to work-to-family conflict. This gap in knowledge is more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the documented increase in family responsibilities in detriment of work performance, particularly for women. Job satisfaction has been identified as a mediator between the family and work domains for the individual, but these family-to-work dynamics remain unexplored at a dyadic level during the pandemic. Therefore, this study tested the relationship between family-to-work conflict and job and family satisfaction, and the mediating role of job satisfaction between family-to-work conflict and family satisfaction, in dual-earner parents. A non-probability sample of 430 dual-earner parents with adolescent children were recruited in Rancagua, Chile. Mothers and fathers answered an online questionnaire with a measure of family-to-work conflict, the Job Satisfaction Scale and Satisfaction with Family Life Scale. Data was analysed using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model with structural equation modelling. Results showed that, for individuals, a higher family-to-work conflict is linked to lower satisfaction with both their job and family life, and these two types of satisfaction are positively associated with one another. Both parents experience a double negative effect on their family life satisfaction, due to their own, and to their partner’s family-to-work conflict; however, for fathers, this effect from their partner occurs via their own job satisfaction. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed, indicating the need of family-oriented workplace policies with a gender perspective to increase satisfaction in the family domain for workers and their families.

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  • Ligia Orellana & Berta Schnettler & Edgardo Miranda-Zapata & Mahia Saracostti & Héctor Poblete & Germán Lobos & Cristian Adasme-Berríos & María Lapo & Andrés Concha-Salgado, 2023. "Job satisfaction as a mediator between family-to-work conflict and satisfaction with family life: a dyadic analysis in dual-earner parents," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 18(1), pages 491-520, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s11482-022-10082-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-022-10082-8
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