Something’s Gotta Give
The Relationship Between Time in Eldercare, Time in Childcare, and Employee Wellbeing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12798293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda Duxbury (0000-0001-9852-2584, Carleton University), Michael Halinski (0000-0003-0209-0620, Toronto Metropolitan University, corresponding author), Maggie Stevenson (0000-0003-2615-3980, Carleton University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 6-8 |
| Pages | 1101-1116 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/08982643221092876 |
| PMID | 35506685 |
| OpenAlex | W4229007779 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 49 |
While existing research indicates that "sandwiched" employees (those with both childcare and eldercare demands) have lower wellbeing than employees with only eldercare demands, there is little understanding how childcare and eldercare demands interact to create those differences. Drawing on two studies, we hypothesize childcare demands amplify the negative impact of eldercare demands on wellbeing. Study 1 operationalizes childcare as a dichotomous variable (i.e., has childcare or not), and examines the relationship between hours per week in eldercare and wellbeing for two groups of employees: those with eldercare and those in the sandwich generation. Study 2, which operationalizes childcare as a continuous variable (i.e., hours in childcare per week), explores how time in childcare moderates the relationship between time in eldercare and wellbeing. Findings show time in eldercare is negatively associated with wellbeing, and the impact of childcare on the relationship between time in eldercare and wellbeing is dependent on how one operationalizes wellbeing and childcare constructs
Developmental psychology · Labour economics · Well-being · Working hours · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
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Extra Caregiving Demands, Work-Role Salience, and Psychological Distress Among Employed Parents
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Conservation of Resources Theory
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Testing measurement invariance of composites using partial least squares
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Mechanisms Linking Work and Family
Validation of a Caregiver Strain Index
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Evaluating Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error
The Influence of Culture, Community, and the Nested‐Self in the Stress Process
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Understanding What Eldercare Means for Employees and Organizations
Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context
Socioeconomic and demographic factors modify the association between informal caregiving and health in the Sandwich Generation
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Combining Formal and Informal Caregiving Roles
Associations of Stressors and Uplifts of Caregiving With Caregiver Burden and Depressive Mood
Boundary control and controlled boundaries
The effects of job demands and control on employee attendance and satisfaction
Effects of implicit achievement motivation, expected evaluations, and domain knowledge on creative performance
Work/Family Border Theory
A resource perspective on the work–home interface
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Conservation of resources
Caregiving and the Stress Process
A Global Measure of Perceived Stress
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |