Table 1

Characteristics of the literature based on the review questions

StudyRQ1RQ2RQ3RQ4
CountrySectorWFCTheoryWIF→TIFIW→TI
Karatepe and Baddar (2006) JordanHotelsWIF and FIWEmpirical++
Karatepe and Sokmen (2006) TurkeyHotelsWIF and FIWEmpirical++
Karatepe and Kiliç (2007) N. CyprusHotelsWIF and FIWCOR+NS
Karatepe and Uludag (2007) N. CyprusHotelsOnly WIFEmpiricalNSN/A
Karatepe et al. (2008) N. CyprusHotelsWIF and FIWCOR+NS
Karatepe and Magaji (2008) NigeriaHotelsWIF and FIWEmpirical+NS
Karatepe and Uludag (2008) TurkeyHotelsWIF and FIWEmpirical++
Yavas et al. (2008) TurkeyHotelsWIF and FIWEmpirical++
Blomme et al. (2010) WorldwideHotelsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Karatepe and Azar (2013) IranHotelsWIF and FIWScarcity theory++
Yunita and Kismono (2014) IndonesiaHotelsWIF and FIWEmpirical+NS
Karatepe and Karadaş (2014) RomaniaHotelsWIF and FIWCORNS+
Karatepe and Kiliç (2015) N. CyprusTravel agenciesOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Zhou and Wen (2016) ChinaHotelsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Vong and Tang (2017) MacauMixedaOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Wang et al. (2017) TaiwanHotelsWIF and FIWCOR+NS
Yang and Peng (2018) ChinaHotelsWIF and FIWCOR and RDT+(JS)NS
Pan and Yeh (2019) ChinaHotelsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Chan and Ao (2019) MacauCasinosOnly WIFRole theory+ (OC)N/A
Arefin et al. (2020) BangladeshHotelsOnly WIFCOR+N/A
Putra and Suwandana (2020) IndonesiaHotelsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Yorulmaz and Sevinc (2021) TurkeyYacht captainsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Abdou et al. (2022) EgyptHotelsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Abdelaal and Abbas (2022) Saudi ArabiaHotelsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Uludag et al. (2023) NigeriaTravel agenciesOnly WIFSpillover theory+N/A
Atmajaya et al. (2024) IndonesiaRestaurantsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Mistry et al. (2024) USAEventsOnly WIFEmpirical+N/A
Bai et al. (2025) MacauCasinosOnly WIFEmpiricalNSNS
Bai and Zhou (2025) MacauCasinosWIF and FIWEmpirical+N/A
Mistry et al. (2025) USAEventsOnly WIFEmpiricalNSN/A

Note(s): Within parenthesis denotes mediator

a

Casinos, hotels, travel agencies, retail, FandB; COR = Conservation of resources; RDT = Resource depletion theory; N/A = Not Applicable; NS = Not supported; (+) = positive; WIF = Work-Family Interference; FIW = Family-Work Interference; JS = Job satisfaction; OC = Organizational Commitment

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