Strain-Based Work-Home Conflict: Examining the Relative Contribution of Exhaustion and Negative Affect in the Association Between Work Demands and Home Behaviors

The present studies explored the underlying mechanisms that explain work-to-home conflict (WHC). Much of existing research is focused on strain-based WHC. Specifically, extant literature emphasizes either an exhaustion-based strain mechanism, using the theory of resource drain (ten Brummelhuis & Bakker, 2012) or a negative affect-based strain mechanism, using the theory of mood spillover (van Emmerik & Jawahar, 2006), or some combination of the two. The present studies are the first to investigate the relative contribution of negative affect and exhaustion simultaneously in the work-home conflict process. Results show that negative affect is a stronger linking mechanism than exhaustion. Rest and positive affect were examined as potential moderators that may buffer against negative affect-based WHC. Rest partially buffered against WHC, but positive affect increased WHC. Future studies will continue to examine the role of negative affect and moderators of WHC.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Brinton, Julia Elizabeth

• Exhaustion

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/39335

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/39335