Time pressure, work-related spousal support seeking, and relationship satisfaction : spillover and crossover effects among dual-earner couples

Tement, Sara (author), Mihelič, Katarina Katja (author), Kubicek, Bettina (author)

The present study examined how time pressure at work is transmitted to the home domain and how it affects individuals’ (spillover) as well as their partners’ relationship satisfaction (crossover). We examined the role of work-related spousal support seeking and proposed that it serves as a mediator of the spillover as well as the crossover process. We further explored whether the proposed spillover-crossover process is gender-contingent. Using a sample of 308 dual-earner couples, we found support for a positive link between time pressure at work and spousal support seeking. As hypothesized, spousal support seeking served also as a crossover mechanism. However, distinct spillover and crossover processes were found for men and women. These findings not only point to a new spillover and crossover mechanism but also highlight gender-specific patterns in the role of support seeking. As this coping strategy is feasible when job stressors are high, it should be considered a part of stress management trainings and organizational practices.

• Language: English
• Keywords: spillover, crossover, time pressure, dual-earner couples, work-related spousal support, relationship satisfaction, gender differences, coping, seeking
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: EF - School of Economics and Business
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 871-883
• Numbering: Vol. 39, iss. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-147664
• UDC: 005.32:331.101.3:316.36
• ISSN on article: 1532-3005
• DOI: 10.1002/smi.3232
• COBISS.SI-ID: 140661251
• Publication date in RUL: 10.07.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Stress and health
• Publisher: Wiley
• ISSN: 1532-3005
• COBISS.SI-ID: 436202

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: poklicno delo, zasebno življenje, prenos dela v zasebno življenje, zaposleni pari, časovni pritiski, opora partnerja, zadovoljstvo s partnerskim odnosom, razlike po spolu

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: J5-9449
• Name: Upravljanje z mejami med delom in zasebnim življenjem in izgorelost: preučevanje povezovalnih mehanizmov in robnih pogojev

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P5-0062
• Name: Uporabna razvojna psihologija