Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has created more occupational stressors, particularly work–family interface issues. The purpose of this study was to investigate the moderating role of occupational stressors in the relationship between a personal resource (psychological capital) and family satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of 787 employees (367 males, 420 females) from the Greater Bay Area of China between October and November 2020. Participants completed an online survey which included the Chinese version of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, measures of occupational stressors from the Work Stress Management DIY Kit and a measure of family satisfaction. Latent moderated structural equation modeling revealed that family satisfaction was positively associated with psychological capital and negatively associated with occupational stressors. Furthermore, occupational stressors weakened the positive association between psychological capital and family satisfaction. These findings provided empirical evidence for the work–home resources model and may suggest that it would be beneficial to boost psychological capital and reduce occupational stressors of employees.
Highlights
Satisfaction was positively correlated with psychological capital and negatively correlated with occupational stressors
We found that family satisfaction was negatively associated with occupational We found that family satisfaction was negatively associated with occupational stressors, which supported Hypothesis 2 and is in line with previous findings that stressors stressors, which supported Hypothesis 2 and is in line with previous findings that stressat the workplace were associated with diminished outcomes in other domains, such as ors at the workplace were associated with diminished outcomes in other domains, such quality of life and mental health [55,56]
Apart from the negative consequences of occupational stressors found in previous research, the current study showed that individuals with higher occupational stressors were likely to have lower family satisfaction, which in turn may be associated with lower quality of life, mental health, life satisfaction, work
Summary
Satisfaction is relatively under-explored as an outcome of occupational stressors. Work and family domains are two of the most central domains of adult working life. Apart from testing the impacts of various factors on outcomes within the same domain [1,2,3], a considerable amount of research has been carried out to explore the interface between the work and family domains [4,5,6]. Some scholars have argued that work and family roles can interfere with one another (work–home conflict) [7,8]. Other scholars have contended that work and family roles may enrich each other (work–home enrichment) [9,10]. The work–home resources model [11] integrates the processes of work–
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