The effects of job demands and low job control on work-family conflict: The role of fairness in decision making and management

T. Heponiemi, M. Elovainio, L. Pekkarinen, T. Sinervo, Anne Kouvonen

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    Abstract

    The present study examined whether Perceptions of organizational fairness (the procedural and interactional components) were able to diminish the negative effects of high job demands and low job control on the balance between work and family. The study participants were 713 women working in long-term care for elderly people in Finland. The results showed that high job demands, low job control, and unfair decision making were associated with high levels of time-based work interference with family (WIF). Perceptions of organizational fairness were found to partially mediate the association between Job control and WIF In addition, fair treatment and management protected against WIF when demands were low but were unable to bluffer against the negative effects of high job demands. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)387-398
    Number of pages12
    JournalJournal of Community Psychology
    Volume36
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2008

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
    • Psychology(all)
    • Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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