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The Impact of Family-like Employee-Organization Relationship on Work-Family Conflict

Wang Taolin1, Long Lirong2, Zhang Junwei3, Zhang Yong4   

  1. 1. College of Business, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064;
    2. School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074;
    3. College of Economics and Management, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070;
    4. Chongqing University, School of Economics and Business Administration, Chongqing 400030
  • Received:2016-10-25 Online:2019-02-28 Published:2019-03-07

Abstract:

This study aims to examine the nature of the relationship between family-like employee-organization relationship and work-family conflict through the lens of Conservations of Resources (COR) theory and Work-Family Border/Boundary theory. Based on the data of 293 employees from 11 firms, we find that family-like exchange relationship has a U-shaped (curvilinear) relationship with work-family conflict. Further, we find that the emotional exhaustion mediates the effect of family-like exchange relationship on work-family conflict.

Key words: family-like exchange, work-family conflict, emotional exhaustion