Adaptation française et validation d’une échelle d’enrichissement travail-famille.

Abstract

The work-family interface can be examined in terms of conflict or enrichment. The majority of previous studies have focused on the determinants and consequences of work-family conflict. However, a more complete picture of the situation requires an examination of how work and family roles can mutually enrich each other. Until now, scholars did not have a validated measure in French to capture this construct. This article presents the results of 2 studies that establish the psychometric properties of the Echelle d’enrichissement travail-famille (EETF), a French translation of the Work-Family Enrichment Scale from Carlson, Kacmar, Wayne, and Grzywacz (2006). Factorial analyses, exploratory (Study 1) and confirmatory (Study 2), were conducted on data collected from French speaking workers in Quebec. The results show satisfactory internal consistency and confirm the factorial structure of the scale. Furthermore, the construct validity of the scale was confirmed (Study 2). Indeed, the results of Study 2 showed that work-family and family work enrichment are positively related to affective organisational commitment, positive affects, satisfaction with work, family and in life in general, and negatively related to physical health problems and negative affects.