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Working From Home and Work–Family Conflict: The Importance of Role Salience

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  • Deniz Yucel

    (William Paterson University)

  • Inga Laß

    (The University of Melbourne
    Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB))

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Amid the rising prevalence of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, scholarly interest in the effects of working from home on the fit between work and family life has regained momentum. However, little is known about whether these effects depend on workers’ role salience levels. This study examines the association between the frequency of working from home and two types of work–family conflict: (a) work-to-family conflict (WTFC) and (b) family-to-work conflict (FTWC). We also examine whether these associations are moderated by the salience workers assign to their work and family roles, as well as by workers’ gender and parenting status. To explore these issues, we apply linear regression analyses to data from 4067 employees in Wave 12 (2019–2020) of the German Family Panel Survey. Results show that working from home more frequently is generally associated with both higher WTFC and FTWC for women but not for men. However, among fathers, we found a significant association between working from home and higher WTFC. A moderated association by role salience, where higher work-role salience reduced the positive effect of working from home on FTWC, also only emerged among women. These results suggest that the link between working from home and the fit between one’s work and family is heterogenous: it varies not only by gender and parenthood status, but also partly by the importance workers assign to their various life roles.

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  • Deniz Yucel & Inga Laß, 2024. "Working From Home and Work–Family Conflict: The Importance of Role Salience," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 172(3), pages 947-983, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:172:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-024-03337-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-024-03337-4
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