Work Hours and Difficulty in Leaving Work on Time in Relation to Work-to-Family Conflict and Burnout Among Female Workers in Taiwan

Shu-Ling Huang, Ren-Hau Li, Shu-Yi Fang and Feng-Cheng Tang
Additional contact information
Shu-Ling Huang: Department of Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
Ren-Hau Li: Department of Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
Shu-Yi Fang: Room of Clinical Psychology, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan
Feng-Cheng Tang: Department of Leisure Services Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413, Taiwan

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 1-9

Abstract: The present study explores the relations between work hours and the difficulty in leaving work on time to both work-to-family conflict (WFC) and burnout among female workers in Taiwan. A cross-sectional research design and questionnaire were employed to obtain the research data. In total, 738 full-time female workers took part in the study. The results of regression analyses showed that when age, marital status, economic status, occupation, parental status, and housework responsibilities were controlled, more work hours were positively associated with WFC and burnout. When the difficulty in leaving work on time was also considered in the analysis, long working hours were still significantly associated with burnout; however, the significant relation with WFC disappeared. It is surmised that if female employees work overtime voluntarily, the perception of WFC diminishes; nevertheless, the adverse effect of long working hours on health remains unabated. This study concludes that female employees who work overtime on a voluntary basis are at risk of health problems, which should be a focus of concern.

Keywords: work hours; work-to-family conflict; burnout; leaving work on time; women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (6)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/605/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/605/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:2:p:605-:d:310041

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().