Is exercise good for all? Time- and strain-based work–family conflict and its impacts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21355181 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hongguo Wei (0000-0003-4405-8784, Robert Morris University, corresponding author), Bingqing Wu (0000-0001-5996-649X, University of Wisconsin–Parkside), Haesang Park (0000-0002-3672-9456, Roosevelt University), Chuanjun Deng (Henan University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 163 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 230-247 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4545 • E-ISSN: 1940-1183 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224545.2022.2111251 |
| PMID | 35959695 |
| OpenAlex | W4290975373 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 68 |
While many people believe that exercise can relieve stress and enrich well-being, it is unclear whether this relationship always holds when employees suffer from work–family conflict (WFC). Drawing on the transactional theory of stress and conservation of resources theory, we examine how exercise moderates the impact of time- and strain-based WFC on employees’ vitality at work and, subsequently, employees’ subjective well-being. With data collected in multiple waves from a sample in China (N = 243), we found that when employees experienced time-based WFC, strong adherence to exercise did not benefit their vitality as weak adherence to exercise did. However, when employees experienced strain-based work interference with family demands, strong (rather than weak) adherence to exercise benefited their vitality. In addition, the moderating effect of exercise on the relationship between WFC and vitality transited to affect employee job satisfaction
Affect (linguistics) · Conservation of resources theory · Job satisfaction · Occupational stress · Transactional leadership · Vitality · Work (physics) · Work–family conflict · Applied Psychology · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Workaholism, burnout, and well-being
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |