Entitlement: friend or foe of work-family conflict?
| Autor: | Paul Harvey, James J. Zboja, Mary Dana Laird, Anupama Narayan, Lisa Victoravich |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Coping (psychology) Social Psychology Work–family conflict 05 social sciences Multilevel model 050109 social psychology Conservation of resources theory Entitlement Management Science and Operations Research Order (business) Negative relationship 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Job satisfaction Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Managerial Psychology. 36:447-460 |
| ISSN: | 0268-3946 |
| Popis: | PurposeGuided by Hobfoll’s (1989) conservation of resources theory, we examined how psychological entitlement moderates the negative relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 119 accountants from the Midwestern United States, we tested our hypotheses with hierarchical regression analysis.FindingsResults indicate a strong, negative relationship between WFC and job satisfaction for employees low in psychological entitlement, but an insignificant relationship for entitled employees.Practical implicationsThe results suggest that some entitlement may be beneficial to employees when coping with WFC. However, organizations should limit WFC in order to foster their least entitled employees’ job satisfaction.Originality/valueThis is the first study that investigates how psychological entitlement affects employees' reactions to WFC. Not only does it contribute to the growing body of research that examines how this individual difference affects workplace functioning, but it suggests there may be some benefits to entitlement, which largely has been disparaged. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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