With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Lo Presti, Alessandro
D’Aloisio, Fulvia
Pluviano, Sara
Abstract / Description
Our aim was to investigate some predictors and outcomes of family-to-work enrichment (FWE) via a mixed-method approach. We sampled 447 married employees of an Italian factory. Survey results from Study 1 showed that emotional support from family positively predicted FWE, while this latter mediated the associations between the former on one side, and work engagement and life satisfaction on the other. Moreover, extra-household support directly associated positively with life satisfaction. Evidence from 20 anthropological in-depth interviews (Study 2) returned a more complex picture, highlighting the gendered role of partners inside couples, the importance of kinship support, the sense and the value of filiation and parenthood in their connection with job roles, the complex and continuous interplay between family and life domains. In combination, results from both studies stressed the importance of family support; additionally, evidences from Study 2 suggested that FWE could be better understood taking into account crossover dynamics and the compresence of work-to-family enrichment and conflict. In sum, these studies contributed to shed light on FWE dynamics, an under-researched topic in Italy, whose knowledge could be of great empirical and practical value.
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family-to-work enrichment mixed-method approach family support family workload gender issues work-family enrichmentPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-11-18
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
12
Issue
4
Page numbers
584–603
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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Lo Presti, A., D’Aloisio, F., & Pluviano, S. (2016). With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(4), 584–603. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1159
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Lo Presti, Alessandro
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Author(s) / Creator(s)D’Aloisio, Fulvia
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Pluviano, Sara
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Date of first publication2016-11-18
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Abstract / DescriptionOur aim was to investigate some predictors and outcomes of family-to-work enrichment (FWE) via a mixed-method approach. We sampled 447 married employees of an Italian factory. Survey results from Study 1 showed that emotional support from family positively predicted FWE, while this latter mediated the associations between the former on one side, and work engagement and life satisfaction on the other. Moreover, extra-household support directly associated positively with life satisfaction. Evidence from 20 anthropological in-depth interviews (Study 2) returned a more complex picture, highlighting the gendered role of partners inside couples, the importance of kinship support, the sense and the value of filiation and parenthood in their connection with job roles, the complex and continuous interplay between family and life domains. In combination, results from both studies stressed the importance of family support; additionally, evidences from Study 2 suggested that FWE could be better understood taking into account crossover dynamics and the compresence of work-to-family enrichment and conflict. In sum, these studies contributed to shed light on FWE dynamics, an under-researched topic in Italy, whose knowledge could be of great empirical and practical value.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationLo Presti, A., D’Aloisio, F., & Pluviano, S. (2016). With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(4), 584–603. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1159
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1023
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1215
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1159
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Keyword(s)family-to-work enrichmenten_US
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Keyword(s)mixed-method approachen_US
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Keyword(s)family supporten_US
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Keyword(s)family workloaden_US
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Keyword(s)gender issuesen_US
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Keyword(s)work-family enrichmenten_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleWith a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workloaden_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue4
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers584–603
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Volume12
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