How Does Work-Life Conflict Influence Wellbeing Outcomes? A Test of a Mediating Mechanism Using Data from 33 European Countries

M. Joseph Sirgy (), Mohsen Joshanloo () and Grace B. Yu ()
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M. Joseph Sirgy: Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech)
Mohsen Joshanloo: Keimyung University
Grace B. Yu: Duksung Women’s University

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2025, vol. 20, issue 1, No 10, 193-216

Abstract: Abstract Reflecting a recent guideline for operationalizing subjective wellbeing (OECD, 2023), this study tested a model that shows how work-life conflict, one of the key dimensions that detracts from wellbeing outcomes. It does so through a mediating mechanism involving domain satisfaction (i.e., family and work wellbeing), subjective wellbeing, and eudaimonic wellbeing. Specifically, we theorize that work-life conflict detracts from both family and work wellbeing, which in turn decreases subjective wellbeing. In turn, decreases in subjective wellbeing serve to decrease eudaimonic wellbeing. We also argue that work-life conflict has direct adverse effects on both subjective wellbeing and eudaimonic wellbeing. Data collected from the 2016 European Quality of Life Survey were used to test the model; the sample included 18,137 respondents from 33 European countries. The results from multi-level modeling were supportive of our hypotheses. Policy implications were discussed, along with study limitations and suggestions for future research.

Keywords: Work-life conflict; Subjective wellbeing; Eudaimonic wellbeing; Family wellbeing; Work wellbeing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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