Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Psychology
Major Professor
Tammy D. Allen, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Walter C. Borman, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Michelle H. Miller, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Sandra L. Schneider, Ph.D.
Keywords
Employee attitudes, Job re-design, Life course, Proactive behaviors
Abstract
Past research often viewed work-family balance as static and has rarely explored how perceptions may differ across stages of life. This study adopted a family life course developmental theoretical framework to test for mean differences in work-family balance across unique family stage groups. Results indicated that mean work-family balance varied across groups, but not according to the specific patterns that were predicted. In addition, this study proposed that job crafting was a cognitive-behavioral strategy that individuals can use to alter their own levels of work-family balance. Correlational, time-lagged, and change-to-change effects provide initial support for the relationship between job crafting and work-family balance. Little evidence was found to support differences in the effect of change of job crafting on change of work-family balance across family stages, although exploratory analyses that considered family stage and gender groups suggest that the relationship between job crafting and work- family balance may not be uniform across all persons. Overall results suggest that work-family balance differs across family stage and that job crafting is related to work-family balance.
Scholar Commons Citation
Mancini, Victor S., "Job Crafting and Individual Management of Work-Family Balance Across Family Stages" (2019). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/8056
