The Relationship between Work-Life Blending and Subjective Well-Being Considering Work-Life Conflict

Description

New information and communication technologies offer new possibilities for employees to do their work outside the local office or to organize private things at work (e.g., per e-mails, instant messengers). Today, work-life blending, which describes a blurring of boundaries between work and private life, has increasing importance in research, as it hides the risk of emotional strain, work intensification and a conflict between work and private life. The present study investigates the effect of work-life blending on employees' subjective well-being and the aim is to test whether a work-life conflict could act as a mediator in explaining the relationship. On the basis of a cross-sectional design and an online survey with 324 employees, hierarchical linear regression analyses were conducted. The results show that work-life blending, which is positively correlated with work-life conflict, has a negative effect on subjective well-being. Furthermore, the data indicate that work-life conflict may act as a mediator in this relationship. In this matter, the use of synchronous communication technologies (instant messengers) exhibited the highest values.

Period	23 Jun 2016
Event title	IWP Conference 2016 - Work and Organizational Psychology: Making a Difference
Event type	Conference
Location	United KingdomShow on map