Bai Bing, Gopalan Neena, Beutell Nicholas, Ren Fang
School of Business, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA USA.
LaPenta School of Business, Iona College, New York, NY USA.
J Fam Econ Issues. 2021;42(4):586-600. doi: 10.1007/s10834-021-09752-w. Epub 2021 Feb 13.
Flexibility is crucial when employees manage their work and family demands and their commute between home and work. The current study examined the direct and moderation effects of variables from multiple domains including work schedule control (work domain), childcare hours (family domain), and life satisfaction (overall life domain). The impact of the geographic context on work-family conflict was tested with two contextual variables that were generated with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, where 'absolute' and 'relative commute time' were investigated in relation to work-family conflict. The participants participated in the National Study of Changing Workforce and completed an online survey on many work and family related variables. Results support the fact that commute time has an impact on work-family dynamics, that life satisfaction can influence this relationship, and that it is important to consider neighborhood in future research to better comprehend work-family interface issues. The study also highlights the importance of urbanization, relative and absolute commute time, etc. in impacting work-family conflict. Additionally, the study discusses the impact of COVID-19 on commute and one's work-family dynamics. Future research directions are put forward to better understand work and family experiences in the post COVID-19 world.
当员工管理工作和家庭需求以及往返于家和工作场所之间时，灵活性至关重要。本研究考察了多个领域变量的直接和调节作用，这些变量包括工作时间表控制（工作领域）、育儿时长（家庭领域）以及生活满意度（整体生活领域）。利用地理信息系统（GIS）技术生成的两个情境变量，测试了地理环境对工作-家庭冲突的影响，其中研究了“绝对”和“相对通勤时间”与工作-家庭冲突的关系。参与者参与了全国劳动力变化研究，并完成了一项关于许多工作和家庭相关变量的在线调查。结果支持以下事实：通勤时间会影响工作-家庭动态，生活满意度会影响这种关系，并且在未来研究中考虑邻里环境对于更好地理解工作-家庭界面问题很重要。该研究还强调了城市化、相对和绝对通勤时间等对工作-家庭冲突的影响。此外，该研究讨论了新冠疫情对通勤以及个人工作-家庭动态的影响。提出了未来研究方向，以更好地理解后新冠疫情时代的工作和家庭体验。
