Work–family enrichment or work–family
facilitation refers to a process at the
work-life interface whereby experience or participation in one role increases the quality or performance in the other role.
Enrichment of facilitation can occur when involvement in one role leads to benefits, resources, and/or
personality
Personality is any person's collection of interrelated behavioral, cognitive, and emotional patterns that comprise a person’s unique adjustment to life. These interrelated patterns are relatively stable, but can change over long time per ...
enrichment which then may improve performance or involvement in the other
role
A role (also rôle or social role) is a set of connected behaviors, rights, obligations, beliefs, and norms as conceptualized by people in a social situation. It is an
expected or free or continuously changing behavior and may have a given indi ...
. Enrichment can occur bi-directionally such as work-family enrichment or family-work enrichment. Work–family enrichment occurs when involvement in work provides benefits such as skill growth, or changing of mood to be more positive, which has a positive effect on the family. Family-work enrichment occurs when involvement within the family results in the creation of a positive
mood, feeling of support, or feeling of success which can help that individual to cope better, more efficient, more confidence, or recharged for one's role at work.
Work–family enrichment has been shown to affect a range of outcomes including, but not limited to,
job
Work, labor (labour in Commonwealth English), occupation or job is the intentional activity people perform to support the needs and desires of themselves, other people, or organizations. In the context of economics, work can be seen as the huma ...
and family satisfaction.
See also
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Partner effects
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Shared parenting
Shared parenting, shared residence, joint residence, shared custody, joint physical custody, equal parenting time (EPT) is a child custody arrangement after divorce or separation, in which both parents share the responsibility of raising their ...
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Spillover-crossover model The Spillover-Crossover model is used in psychological research to examine to impact of the work domain on the home domain, and consequently, the transference of work-related emotions from the employee to others at home (particularly the partner). ...
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Work–family conflict
Work–family conflict occurs when an individual experiences incompatible demands between work and family roles, causing participation in both roles to become more difficult. This imbalance creates conflict at the work-life interface. It is imp ...
References
* Greenhaus, J.H. & Powell, G.H. (2006). When work and family are allies: A theory of work-family enrichment. ''Academy of Management Review, 31(4),'' 72–92.
* Sieber, S.D. 1974. Toward a theory of role accumulation. ''American Sociological Review, 39(4),'' 567–578.
* Wayne, J.H., Musisca, N. &
Fleeson, W. (2002). Considering the role of personality in the work-family experience: Relationships of the big five to work-family conflict and facilitation. ''Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64(1),'' 108–130.
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