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Journal of Business and Psychology
Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology 1/2009

01.03.2009

Work–Family Conflict and Turnover Intentions Among Scientists and Engineers Working in R&D

verfasst von: Corinne Post, Nancy DiTomaso, George F. Farris, Rene Cordero

Erschienen in: Journal of Business and Psychology | Ausgabe 1/2009

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Abstract

Purpose

In this study we evaluate competing models of the direct and indirect effects of work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW) on two turnover intentions relevant to scientists and engineers: (i) leaving R&D for non-R&D work within the same organization and (ii) leaving one’s organization for another one.

Design/methodology/approach

A cross-sectional design was used. Our sample consists of almost 500 scientists and engineers in dual-earner families and with dependent care responsibilities.

Findings

We find some support for the domain-specific predictors-to-outcomes model: FIW indirectly (but not directly) increases intentions to change organization through work dissatisfaction. Contrary to expectations from the stress management model we find neither direct nor indirect relationships between WIF and turnover intentions.

Implications

Our findings suggest that organizations that help employees manage the effects of FIW on work dissatisfaction may be able to reduce the turnover among their technical workforce.

Originality/value

The study examines an overlooked outcome of work-family conflict: turnover intentions. In addition, it provides much needed attention to the implications of workfamily conflict for scientists and engineers, who have received little attention in the work-family conflict literature despite longstanding efforts to understand the relationship between marriage, parenthood, and productivity in these fields.
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Social support is also thought to function as buffer, by alleviating the effect of stress on stress outcomes. There are few empirical studies on the role of support as a buffer in the context of work–family conflict (Kowalski and Beauvais 1999) but the results so far appear not to support the buffer hypothesis (Frone et al. 1995; Haar 2004). In separate analyses of our data, we found no buffer effect of colleague support or supervisor support in the relationship between FIW and turnover intentions, nor did we find a buffer effect in the relationship between WIF and turnover intentions.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Work–Family Conflict and Turnover Intentions Among Scientists and Engineers Working in R&D
verfasst von
Corinne Post
Nancy DiTomaso
George F. Farris
Rene Cordero
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2009
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Business and Psychology / Ausgabe 1/2009
Print ISSN: 0889-3268
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-353X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-009-9089-1

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