The Work-Family Interface in the United States and Singapore: Conflict Across Cultures

This article examines the work-family interface in a cross-cultural comparison between two nationally representative samples from the United States ( n = 1,860) and Singapore ( n = 1,035) with emphasis on work-family conflict. Family-to-work conflict was negatively related to marital satisfaction in...

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Published in:Journal of family psychology 2010-10, Vol.24 (5), p.646-656
Main Authors: Galovan, Adam M, Fackrell, Tamara, Buswell, Lydia, Jones, Blake L, Hill, E. Jeffrey, Carroll, Sarah June
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Attitudes
Biological and medical sciences
Collectivism
Conflict
Conflict (Psychology)
Couple and family
Cross Cultural Differences
Cross cultural studies
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Crosscultural Differences
Crosscultural studies
Depression (Psychology)
Family - psychology
Family Conflict
Family Work Relationship
Female
Flexibility
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Humans
Individualism
Interfaces
Interviews as Topic
Job Satisfaction
Male
Marital Satisfaction
Marriage
Marriage - psychology
Middle Aged
Needs
Personal Satisfaction
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Singapore
Social psychology
Social structure and organization
United States
United States of America
Work - psychology
Work - statistics & numerical data
Work life balance
Work Schedule Tolerance - psychology
Work Scheduling
Young Adult
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Summary:This article examines the work-family interface in a cross-cultural comparison between two nationally representative samples from the United States ( n = 1,860) and Singapore ( n = 1,035) with emphasis on work-family conflict. Family-to-work conflict was negatively related to marital satisfaction in both Singapore and the United States, although the effect was stronger in the United States. Similarly, family-to-work conflict was positively related to job satisfaction in the United States but was negatively related in Singapore. As expected, schedule flexibility was negatively related to depression in the United States, but in Singapore the relationship was positive. These findings suggest that theoretical relationships in the work-family interface developed in the more culturally individualistic West may need to be adapted when studying populations in the more collectivist East.
ISSN:0893-3200
1939-1293
DOI:10.1037/a0020832