2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Extending the unit of analysis in organizational behavior : From work to work-family interface

Research Project

Project/Area Number	09630110
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	WOTANABE Shinichiro Institute of Polky and Planning Science, Assistant Professor, 社会工学系, 講師 (50282330)
Project Period (FY)	1997 – 2000
Keywords	Family-work constrict / Work-family relations
Research Abstract	Although past research in the work-family relations provided considerable evidence showing both positive and negative relationships between work and family, much remains unknown. This study investigated how individual, or personal, characteristics affected the functional form of the relationship between work and family variables. What follows is some of the unique findings obtained from this study. 1. Men who equally values their work and family lives and who are characterized by their internal locus of causality tend to carry over his work experiences into his home life and may also carry over his family experiences into his worklife. For them, the relationship between work and family tend to be positive. 2. Family-work conflict tend to affect work satisfaction negatively for men ; however, this tendency do not reach statistical significance for women. Suggested from the findings is that more research is needed to identify factors that moderate the relationship between work and family variables.