Conflict (Work-Family and Family-Work) and Task Performance: The Role of Well-Being in This Relationship

Ana Moreira (), Tiago Encarnação, João Viseu and Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira
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Ana Moreira: School of Psychology, ISPA—Instituto Universitário, Rua do Jardim do Tabaco 34, 1149-041 Lisboa, Portugal
Tiago Encarnação: Psychology Department, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
João Viseu: Psychology Department, Universidade de Évora, Escola de Ciências Sociais, Colégio Pedro da Fonseca, PITE—Parque Industrial e Tecnológico de Évora, Rua da Barba Rala, 7005-345 Évora, Portugal
Manuel Au-Yong-Oliveira: GOVCOPP (UA), Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (DEGEIT), Campus Universitário de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal

Administrative Sciences, 2023, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-21

Abstract: Recent societal changes have brought new challenges to contemporary organisations, e.g., how to properly manage the work-family/family-work dyad and, thus, promote adequate task performance. This paper aimed to study the relationship between conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance, and whether this relationship was moderated by well-being. Thus, the following hypotheses were formulated: (1) conflict (work-family and family-work) is negatively associated with task performance; (2) conflict (work-family and family-work) is negatively associated with well-being; (3) well-being is positively associated with task performance; and (4) well-being moderates the relationship between conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance. A total of 596 subjects participated in this study, all employed in Portuguese organisations. The results underlined that only family-work conflict was negatively and significantly associated with task performance. Work-family conflict established a negative and significant relationship with well-being. Well-being was positively and significantly associated with performance and moderated the relationship between conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance. These results show that organisations should provide employees with situations that promote their well-being, especially in Portugal, where a relationship culture exists (rather than task culture, which is predominant in the USA and Canada, for example) which means that additional and considerable time must be dedicated to personal and family matters for people to fit in and be accepted harmoniously.

Keywords: work-family conflict; family-work conflict; performance; well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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