WorkLlife balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family
Faculty Mentor
Jillene Seiver
Document Type
Poster
Start Date
10-5-2023 11:15 AM
End Date
10-5-2023 1:00 PM
Location
PUB NCR
Department
Psychology
Abstract
WorkLlife balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family
My research will delve deeper into an existing dataset from Seiver and Pope to examine the impact of role commitment, degree of custody of children, and viewing one’s employment as a job versus career on core self-evaluation and sense of control over work demands. The sample consisted of 508 participants who were recruited through snowball sampling via undergraduate psychology students in two cohorts: 2018-2019 (n=351) and January-June 2021 (n=128). Eligible respondents were required to be parents with at least partial custody of children under 18, employees working at least 20 hours per week, and living with their romantic partner. Respondents who ranked the role of parent #1 reported the least control over their work demands, and those who had sole custody reported lower control over their work demands. Those who said their employment was a career experienced more control over their work and higher core self-evaluations (a combination of self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control, and neuroticism) than those whose employment was a job. Work-life balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family, and it appears to matter whether we have a job versus a career, which of our roles we value most, and our degree of responsibility for our children.
Recommended Citation
DeFehr, Terreca M., "WorkLlife balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family" (2023). 2023 Symposium. 55.
https://dc.ewu.edu/srcw_2023/res_2023/p2_2023/55
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WorkLlife balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family
PUB NCR
WorkLlife balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family
My research will delve deeper into an existing dataset from Seiver and Pope to examine the impact of role commitment, degree of custody of children, and viewing one’s employment as a job versus career on core self-evaluation and sense of control over work demands. The sample consisted of 508 participants who were recruited through snowball sampling via undergraduate psychology students in two cohorts: 2018-2019 (n=351) and January-June 2021 (n=128). Eligible respondents were required to be parents with at least partial custody of children under 18, employees working at least 20 hours per week, and living with their romantic partner. Respondents who ranked the role of parent #1 reported the least control over their work demands, and those who had sole custody reported lower control over their work demands. Those who said their employment was a career experienced more control over their work and higher core self-evaluations (a combination of self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control, and neuroticism) than those whose employment was a job. Work-life balance is imperative to how we spend our time at work and with family, and it appears to matter whether we have a job versus a career, which of our roles we value most, and our degree of responsibility for our children.
