Testing the Spillover-Crossover Model between Work-Life Balance and Satisfaction in Different Domains of Life in Dual-Earner Households

Berta Schnettler (), Edgardo Miranda-Zapata, Klaus G. Grunert, Germán Lobos, María Lapo and Clementina Hueche
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Berta Schnettler: Universidad de La Frontera
Edgardo Miranda-Zapata: Universidad de La Frontera
Klaus G. Grunert: Aarhus University, MAPP Centre
Germán Lobos: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
María Lapo: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Clementina Hueche: Universidad de La Frontera

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, vol. 16, issue 4, No 4, 1475-1501

Abstract: Abstract This study explored the spillover and crossover associations between work-life balance and satisfaction with life, food-related life and family life in dual-earner parents. Questionnaires were administered to 303 dual-earner couples with adolescent children in Temuco, Chile. Both members of the couples answered the Work-life Balance (WLB) scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Satisfaction with Food-related Life scale (SWFoL) and the Satisfaction with Family Life scale (SWFaL). Using the actor-partner independence model and structural equation modeling and having controlled for the effects of age, number of children, number of family members and family socioeconomic status, we found that the man’s work-life balance was positively associated with his own levels of satisfaction with life, family life and food related life, as well as with his partner’s (the woman’s) levels of satisfaction with life, food related life and family life. Likewise, the woman’s work-life balance was positively associated with her own levels of satisfaction with life, family life and food related life, as well as with her partner’s (the man’s) levels of satisfaction with food related life and family life, but not with his level of life satisfaction. These findings suggest the need to improve work-life balance for employees of both genders in order to enhance their overall life satisfaction, as well as their satisfaction in the family and food domains.

Keywords: Subjective well-being; Work-life balance; Spillover; Crossover; Family; Food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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