Positive and negative effects of family involvement on work-related burnout |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Second Zhongshang Road, Guangzhou 510080, China;2. Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, No. 183, Zhongshan Road West, Guangzhou 510630, China;1. Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC, 221 84 Lund, Sweden;2. Department of Surgery, Skåne University Hospital & Lund University, 221 85 Lund, Sweden;3. Pure and Applied Biochemistry, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden;4. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Medicinal Microbiology, Lund University, 223 62 Lund, Sweden;5. Department of Clinical Microbiology, University and Regional Laboratories in Region Skåne, 221 85 Lund, Sweden;1. HarvestPlus, Cali, Colombia;2. HarvestPlus, Washington, DC, United States;1. Department of Family and Community Medicine University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson;2. Department of Psychiatry University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson |
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| Abstract: | We aimed to explain the influence of family involvement on feelings of burnout among employees who combine work and family tasks. As proxies for family involvement, we used the family structure (partner, number and age of children) and family tasks (e.g. hours spent on household chores). We compared conflict theory and enrichment theory, and investigated how well they explain the relationship between family involvement and feelings of burnout. Based on a sample of 1046 employees at 30 Dutch organizations, the results showed that the presence of young children and doing more household chores were positively related to feelings of burnout, whereas having children reduced employees’ feelings of burnout. We also investigated interaction effects of gender and gender-role norms. We conclude that family life can reduce work-related burnout and that for men, the relationship between family involvement and feelings of burnout differs depending on whether they have traditional or modern gender-role norms. |
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