Work-to-Family Conflict, Job Burnout, and Project Success among Construction Professionals: The Moderating Role of Affective Commitment

Jiming Cao, Cong Liu, Yubin Zhou and Kaifeng Duan
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Jiming Cao: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Cong Liu: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Yubin Zhou: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Kaifeng Duan: School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 8, 1-22

Abstract: This study explored the effects of work-to-family conflict on job burnout and project success in the construction industry. First, a theoretical model with affective commitment as a moderating variable was developed according to the conservation of resources theory. A structured questionnaire survey was then performed with Chinese construction professionals, with 309 valid responses received. In the valid data, the proportion of male construction professionals is 73% and that of female construction professionals is 27%. The analysis of the valid data used structural equation modeling. The results indicate that: (i) work-to-family conflict has a positive and significant effect on job burnout, and a negative and significant effect on project success; (ii) job burnout negatively affects project success; (iii) affective commitment negatively moderates the relationship between work-to-family conflict and job burnout. This study extends the existing body of knowledge on work-to-family conflict and helps us to better understand the functional and moderating roles of affective commitment in the context of construction projects. Furthermore, this study provides theoretical guidance and a decision-making reference to help construction enterprises manage the work-to-family conflict and job burnout of construction professionals and advance their levels of affective commitment.

Keywords: affective commitment; construction professionals; job burnout; project success; structural equation modeling; work-to-family conflict (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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