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Antecedents of work-family conflict among Chinese professional women

  • Li Zhang*
  • , Ping Li
  • , Dan Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University

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Abstract

Based on the literature review, this paper suggested six work-family conflict antecedents of professional women. The work domain variables including work involvement, work overload and work autonomy, and the family domain variables including family involvement, family overload and family autonomy. Then, three composite hypotheses related to the two types of work-family conflict and their antecedents were proposed. Using data of Chinese samples, the empirical research applied methods of factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. The results can be shown as follows: firstly, work domain antecedents are related to work-to-family conflict; secondly, family domain antecedents are related to family-to-work conflict; thirdly, antecedents of different domains are differently related to the two types of work-family conflict. Moreover, a work-family conflict antecedents model were developed. Finally, coping strategies were provided to moderate the effects of professional women's work-family conflict respectively from perspectives of society, professional women as well as their families and organizations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE 2009
Pages2009-2015
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2009 - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: 14 Sep 200916 Sep 2009

Publication series

Name2009 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE 2009

Conference

Conference2009 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2009
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityMoscow
Period14/09/0916/09/09

Keywords

  • Family-to-work conflict
  • Work-family conflict

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