Work–family enrichment or work–family
facilitation refers to a process at the
work-life interface whereby experience or participation in one role increases the quality or performance in the other role.
Enrichment of facilitation can occur when involvement in one role leads to benefits, resources, and/or
personality
Personality is the characteristic sets of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that are formed from biological and environmental factors, and which change over time. While there is no generally agreed-upon definition of personality, mos ...
enrichment which then may improve performance or involvement in the other
role
A role (also rôle or social role) is a set of connected behaviors, rights, moral obligation, obligations, beliefs, and social norm, norms as conceptualized by people in a social situation. It is an expected or free or continuously changing behavi ...
. Enrichment can occur bi-directionally such as work-family enrichment or family-work enrichment. Work–family enrichment occurs when involvement in work provides benefits such as skill growth, or changing of mood to be more positive, which has a positive effect on the family. Family-work enrichment occurs when involvement within the family results in the creation of a positive
mood, feeling of support, or feeling of success which can help that individual to cope better, more efficient, more confidence, or recharged for one's role at work.
Work–family enrichment has been shown to affect a range of outcomes including, but not limited to,
job
Work or labor (or labour in British English) is intentional activity people perform to support the needs and wants of themselves, others, or a wider community. In the context of economics, work can be viewed as the human activity that contr ...
and family satisfaction.
See also
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Partner effects
Partner effects refer to the ways in which a spouse or consensual mate influences the life of their significant other. More specifically, the effect a partner has on another's career and overall occupational status. In the past, less research ha ...
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Shared parenting
Shared parenting, shared residence, joint residence, shared custody, joint physical custody, equal parenting time (EPT) is a child custody arrangement after divorce or separation, in which both parents share the responsibility of raising their ...
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Spillover-crossover model
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Work–family conflict
Work–family conflict occurs when an individual experiences incompatible demands between work and family roles, causing participation in both roles to become more difficult. This imbalance creates conflict at the work-life interface.
It is impor ...
References
* Greenhaus, J.H. & Powell, G.H. (2006). When work and family are allies: A theory of work-family enrichment. ''Academy of Management Review, 31(4),'' 72–92.
* Sieber, S.D. 1974. Toward a theory of role accumulation. ''American Sociological Review, 39(4),'' 567–578.
* Wayne, J.H., Musisca, N. &
Fleeson, W. (2002). Considering the role of personality in the work-family experience: Relationships of the big five to work-family conflict and facilitation. ''Journal of Vocational Behavior, 64(1),'' 108–130.
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