Humane Orientation, Work-Family Conflict, and Positive Spillover Across Cultures

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Beham, Barbara; Ollier-Malaterre, Ariane; Allen, Tammy D.; Baierl, Andreas; Alexandrova, Matilda; Artiawati; Beauregard, T. Alexandra; Carvalho, Vania Sofia; Chambel, Maria Jose; Cho, Eunae; Coden da Silva, Bruna; Dawkins, Sarah I.; Escribano, Pablo; Gudeta, Konjit Hailu; Huang, Ting-pang; Jaga, Ameeta; Kost, Dominique; Kurowska, Anna; Leon, Emmanuelle; Lewis, Suzan; Lu, Chang-qin; Martin, Angela; Morandin, Gabriele; Noboa, Fabrizio; Offer, Shira; Ohu, Eugene; Peters, Pascale; Rajadhyaksha, Ujvala; Russo, Marcello; Sohn, Young Woo; Straub, Caroline; Tammelin, Mia; Triki, Leila L.; van Engen, Marloes; Waismel-Manor, Ronit
• 署名单位: Berlin School of Economics & Law; University of Quebec; University of Quebec Montreal; State University System of Florida; University of South Florida; University of Vienna; University of National & World Economics - Bulgaria; Universitas Surabaya (UBAYA); University of London; Universidade de Lisboa; National Chengchi University; University of Tasmania; Menzies Institute for Medical Research; University of Tasmania; Universidad Adolfo Ibanez; Addis Ababa University; Soochow University - China; University of Cape Town; BI Norwegian Business School; University of Warsaw; heSam Universite; ESCP Business School; Middlesex University; Peking University; Peking University; University of Bologna; Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Bar Ilan University; Nyenrode Business University; Governors State University; Yonsei University; Tampere University; Radboud University Nijmegen; Open University Israel; Berlin School of Economics & Law
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/apl0001093
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 1573-1597
• 关键词: humane orientation; WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT; work-family positive spillover; social support; culture

摘要

Although cross-national work-family research has made great strides in recent decades, knowledge accumulation on the impact of culture on the work-family interface has been hampered by a limited geographical and cultural scope that has excluded countries where cultural expectations regarding work, family, and support may differ. We advance this literature by investigating work-family relationships in a broad range of cultures, including understudied regions of the world (i.e., Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia). We focus on humane orientation (HO), an overlooked cultural dimension that is however central to the study of social support and higher in those regions. We explore its moderating effect on relationships between work and family social support, work-family conflict, and work-family positive spillover. Building on the congruence and compensation perspectives of fit theory, we test alternative hypotheses on a sample of 10,307 participants from 30 countries/territories. We find HO has mostly a compensatory role in the relationships between workplace support and work-to-family conflict. Specifically, supervisor and coworker supports were most strongly and negatively related to conflict in cultures in which support is most needed (i.e., lower HO cultures). Regarding positive spillover, HO has mostly an amplifying role. Coworker (but not supervisor) support was most strongly and positively related to work-to-family positive spillover in higher HO cultures, where providing social support at work is consistent with the societal practice of providing support to one another. Likewise, instrumental (but not emotional) family support was most strongly and positively related to family-to-work positive spillover in higher HO cultures.