Job satisfaction as a mediator between family-to-work conflict and satisfaction with family life: a dyadic analysis in dual-earner parents

Ligia Orellana, Berta Schnettler (), Edgardo Miranda-Zapata, Mahia Saracostti, Héctor Poblete, Germán Lobos, Cristian Adasme-Berríos, María Lapo and Andrés Concha-Salgado
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Ligia Orellana: Universidad de La Frontera
Berta Schnettler: Universidad de La Frontera
Edgardo Miranda-Zapata: Centro de Investigación Escolar y Desarrollo (Cied-UCT)
Mahia Saracostti: Universidad de Valparaíso, Escuela de Trabajo Social
Héctor Poblete: Universidad de La Frontera
Germán Lobos: Universidad de Talca
Cristian Adasme-Berríos: Universidad Católica del Maule
María Lapo: Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
Andrés Concha-Salgado: Universidad de La Frontera

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, vol. 18, issue 1, No 21, 520 pages

Abstract: Abstract Family-to-work conflict has received less attention in the literature compared to work-to-family conflict. This gap in knowledge is more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite the documented increase in family responsibilities in detriment of work performance, particularly for women. Job satisfaction has been identified as a mediator between the family and work domains for the individual, but these family-to-work dynamics remain unexplored at a dyadic level during the pandemic. Therefore, this study tested the relationship between family-to-work conflict and job and family satisfaction, and the mediating role of job satisfaction between family-to-work conflict and family satisfaction, in dual-earner parents. A non-probability sample of 430 dual-earner parents with adolescent children were recruited in Rancagua, Chile. Mothers and fathers answered an online questionnaire with a measure of family-to-work conflict, the Job Satisfaction Scale and Satisfaction with Family Life Scale. Data was analysed using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model with structural equation modelling. Results showed that, for individuals, a higher family-to-work conflict is linked to lower satisfaction with both their job and family life, and these two types of satisfaction are positively associated with one another. Both parents experience a double negative effect on their family life satisfaction, due to their own, and to their partner’s family-to-work conflict; however, for fathers, this effect from their partner occurs via their own job satisfaction. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed, indicating the need of family-oriented workplace policies with a gender perspective to increase satisfaction in the family domain for workers and their families.

Keywords: Family-to-work conflict; Job satisfaction; Family satisfaction; Dual-earner couples; covid-19 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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