Personality and work-home interaction among dual-earner couples in South Africa
Testing an actor-partner interdependence model
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15345750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carin Hill (0000-0002-0297-9115, University of Johannesburg, corresponding author), Lynne Blunn (University of Johannesburg) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 435-443 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychology in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1433-0237 • E-ISSN: 1815-5626 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14330237.2018.1539898 |
| OpenAlex | W2904682238 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 42 |
This study aimed to investigate the effect of personality on work-home interaction crossover effects among dual-earner couples in South Africa. The participants were dual-earner couples (n = 264; 132 couples) with young children. They completed measures on work-home interaction and personality. Multilevel modelling was used to analyse predictions for six personality variables and four work-home interaction outcome variables. Additionally, we examined interaction effects between husbands’ and wives’ actor effects, as well as between their partner effects. Results suggest only wives’ Extraversion, Emotional Stability, and Openness positively influenced husbands’ experience of work-home interaction. Work-home personality crossover actor effects were more pronounced for wives. Partner effects were stronger for husbands in that an increase in Extraversion in wives will increase husbands’ experience of positive home-work interaction. A gendered effect appears to influence work-home interaction among South African working couples; this knowledge is important for interventions to establish balanced work and home lives
Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Openness to experience · Partner effects · Personality · Psychological intervention · Work (physics · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
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Family
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Personality and Parenting
Partner effects in relationship research
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Work-life Balance Policies
Work-to-family enrichment
The “new father”
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An examination of sex differences in social support among older men and women
The Psychometric Properties of a Translated Version of the Survey Work-Home Interaction — Nijmegen (SWING) Instrument
Safely testing the alarm
Conservation of resources
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |