... between eldercare demands and strain will be stronger than the moderating effects of perceived supervisor and coworker support for eldercare. Dr Hannes Zacher can be contacted at: h.zacher@rug.nl © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Role conflict Family Work-family issues Family...

...Dr Donna Blancero, Professor Miguel R. Olivas-Luján and Dr Dianna L. Stone; Lyda C. Arévalo-Flechas; Gayle Acton; Monica I. Escamilla; Peter N. Bonner; Sharon L. Lewis Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the perception and psychosocial impact of caregiving for Latino family...

...Aaron Cohen Purpose The question of how to strike a balance between work and life is attracting increasing attention from both scholars and practitioners. This paper aims to examine the relationship between individual level values, using Schwartz's basic human values theory, and the work‐family...

...Melissa A. Warner; Peter A. Hausdorf Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the predominant theoretical frameworks used to describe the interaction between work and family roles and present an integrative model of work‐family enrichment. The goal is to better understand...

...T. Alexandra Beauregard; Mustafa Ozbilgin; Myrtle P. Bell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how traditional definitions of family, in the context of employment, have not kept pace with actual family formation in the USA and much of the rest of the world, and how...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Nicholas J. Beutell; Ursula Wittig‐Berman Purpose This paper aims to explore generational effects on work‐family conflict and synergy Design/methodology/approach The design is cross‐sectional and investigates large US national...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Claudia Peus; Eva Traut‐Mattausch Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effects that a larger societal context (i.e. values, norms) and the legal framework have on an individual's ability to combine work and family. Design...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Denise M. Rotondo; Joel F. Kincaid Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between four general coping styles, work and family conflict, and work and family facilitation in a simultaneous equations framework...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a selection of papers within the issue that discuss the work‐family interface. Design/methodology/approach The themes of the papers...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Irene Nikandrou; Leda Panayotopoulou; Eleni Apospori Purpose This paper aims to examine the dynamics of individual and organizational characteristics in work‐family conflict (WFC) and career outcomes. It aims to consider the role of self...

... to which gender, parental job type, job status, and education, as well as school experience, influence the development of attitudes towards work and family life. Design/methodology/approach The study comprised a quantitative (questionnaire based) survey with a sample of 782 final year undergraduate...

... in the work‐family interface”. Design/methodology/approach The paper first introduces the theme of the special issue, and a brief outline of each paper contained in it is given. Findings There is concern that progress in the work‐family research area has been somewhat restricted and may have failed...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Wolfgang Mayrhofer; Michael Meyer; Michael Schiffinger; Angelika Schmidt Purpose The paper seeks to analyze empirically the consequences of family responsibilities for career success and the influence of career context variables and gender...

...Scott L. Boyar; Carl P. Maertz, Jr; Donald C. Mosley, Jr; Jon C. Carr Purpose The current study seeks to argue that the constructs of work demand and family demand have been neglected in the work‐family conflict (WFC) literature. The authors aim to help clarify the definition and utilize direct...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Arno Haslberger; Chris Brewster Purpose This paper seeks to review and explore the relatively neglected notion of the adjustment of expatriate families to living abroad with the aim of developing a new model that can be used for future...

... government employees. Positive (facilitation) and negative (conflict) spillover from two “nonwork” domains (family and personal benefit activities) to work were investigated. The survey also assessed psychological involvement (in work, family and personal benefit activities), time devoted to each domain...

...Noreen Heraty; Michael J. Morley; Jeanette N. Cleveland; Michelle Streich; Wendy J. Casper; Amy Nicole Salvaggio Purpose This study aims to explore the nature of couple agreement about work‐family conflict, adding to previous research by explicitly testing the extent to which couples agree when...

..., different family‐work constellations provide the basis of selection. Our sample includes people from the upper and highest levels of organizational hierarchies. Most of them have children and working partners, hence they find themselves in specific phases of the family cycle. Thirty problem‐focussed...

...María Pilar de Luis Carnicer; Angel Martínez Sánchez; Manuela Pérez Pérez; María José Vela Jiménez Shows the results of a survey about the antecedents of work‐family conflict in a sample of Spanish employees. Analyses and discusses the influence of job‐related and non‐related factors. The results...