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With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Lo Presti, Alessandro
D’Aloisio, Fulvia
Pluviano, Sara

Abstract / Description

Our aim was to investigate some predictors and outcomes of family-to-work enrichment (FWE) via a mixed-method approach. We sampled 447 married employees of an Italian factory. Survey results from Study 1 showed that emotional support from family positively predicted FWE, while this latter mediated the associations between the former on one side, and work engagement and life satisfaction on the other. Moreover, extra-household support directly associated positively with life satisfaction. Evidence from 20 anthropological in-depth interviews (Study 2) returned a more complex picture, highlighting the gendered role of partners inside couples, the importance of kinship support, the sense and the value of filiation and parenthood in their connection with job roles, the complex and continuous interplay between family and life domains. In combination, results from both studies stressed the importance of family support; additionally, evidences from Study 2 suggested that FWE could be better understood taking into account crossover dynamics and the compresence of work-to-family enrichment and conflict. In sum, these studies contributed to shed light on FWE dynamics, an under-researched topic in Italy, whose knowledge could be of great empirical and practical value.

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family-to-work enrichment mixed-method approach family support family workload gender issues work-family enrichment

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Date of first publication

2016-11-18

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

12

Issue

4

Page numbers

584–603

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Lo Presti, A., D’Aloisio, F., & Pluviano, S. (2016). With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(4), 584–603. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1159
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lo Presti, Alessandro
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    D’Aloisio, Fulvia
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Pluviano, Sara
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:49Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:49Z
  • Date of first publication
    2016-11-18
  • Abstract / Description
    Our aim was to investigate some predictors and outcomes of family-to-work enrichment (FWE) via a mixed-method approach. We sampled 447 married employees of an Italian factory. Survey results from Study 1 showed that emotional support from family positively predicted FWE, while this latter mediated the associations between the former on one side, and work engagement and life satisfaction on the other. Moreover, extra-household support directly associated positively with life satisfaction. Evidence from 20 anthropological in-depth interviews (Study 2) returned a more complex picture, highlighting the gendered role of partners inside couples, the importance of kinship support, the sense and the value of filiation and parenthood in their connection with job roles, the complex and continuous interplay between family and life domains. In combination, results from both studies stressed the importance of family support; additionally, evidences from Study 2 suggested that FWE could be better understood taking into account crossover dynamics and the compresence of work-to-family enrichment and conflict. In sum, these studies contributed to shed light on FWE dynamics, an under-researched topic in Italy, whose knowledge could be of great empirical and practical value.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Lo Presti, A., D’Aloisio, F., & Pluviano, S. (2016). With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 12(4), 584–603. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1159
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1023
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1215
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v12i4.1159
  • Keyword(s)
    family-to-work enrichment
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  • Keyword(s)
    mixed-method approach
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  • Keyword(s)
    family support
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  • Keyword(s)
    family workload
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  • Keyword(s)
    gender issues
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  • Keyword(s)
    work-family enrichment
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    With a little help from my family: A mixed-method study on the outcomes of family support and workload
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    4
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    584–603
  • Volume
    12
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