AUTHOR=Yu Kun 

TITLE=Better and Worse: A Dual-Process Model of the Relationship between Core Self-evaluation and Work-Family Conflict

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2016

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01579

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01579

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Based on both resource allocation theory (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Becker</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">1965</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Bergeron, 2007</xref>) and role theory (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B52">Katz and Kahn, 1978</xref>), the current study aims to uncover the relationship between core self-evaluation (CSE) and three dimensions of work interference with family (WIF). A dual-process model was proposed, in which both work stress and career resilience mediate the CSE-WIF relationship. The mediation model was tested with a sample of employees from various organizations (<italic>N</italic> = 561). The results first showed that CSE was negatively related to time-based and strain-based WIF and positively related to behavior-based WIF via the mediation of work stress. Moreover, CSE was positively associated with behavior-based and strain-based WIF via the mediation of career resilience, suggesting that CSE may also have its “dark-side.”</p>