Date of Award
Spring 2019
Rights
Access is available to all users
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS) in Psychology: General/Experimental
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Few previous studies have examined the interaction of role commitment (employee, partner, parental) and core self-evaluation (CSE) on work-family conflict (WFC) and family-work conflict (FWC). In this study I explored the effects of primary role commitment and level of CSE on WFC/FWC, after controlling for perception of control over stressors. Three hundred and seventy-one qualified participants completed an online survey that consisted of four scales—Work-Family and Family-Work Conflict Scale, Life Role Salience Scale, Core Self-Evaluation Scale, and Perceptions of Control over Work and Family Measures—a self-ranking of their primary role, and demographic questions that included specific work and non-work information. The results of a ANCOVA indicate that participants in the high CSE group experienced lower WFC and FWC than participants in the medium and low groups. Participants ranking employee role commitment or parental role commitment as their first priority experienced lower FWC than those that ranked it third. This study also showed an interaction between CSE and employee role commitment on FWC.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Pope, Elisa A., "Work-family and family-work conflict as a function of role commitment and core self-evaluation" (2019). EWU Masters Thesis Collection. 574.
https://dc.ewu.edu/theses/574
