Work-life balance culture, work-home interaction, and emotional exhaustion: a structural equation modeling approach
Nitzsche, A.; Pfaff, H.; Jung, J.; Driller, E.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 55(1): 67-73
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 1536-5948 PMID: 23222538 DOI: 10.1097/jom.0b013e31826eefb1Document Number: 234942
To examine the relationships among employees' emotional exhaustion, positive and negative work-home interaction, and perceived work-life balance culture in companies. Data for this study were collected through online surveys of employees from companies in the micro- and nanotechnology sectors (N = 509). A structural equation modeling analysis was performed. A company culture perceived by employees as supportive of their work-life balance was found to have both a direct negative effect on emotional exhaustion and an indirect negative effect meditated by negative work-home interaction. In addition, whereas negative work-home interaction associated positively with emotional exhaustion, positive work-home interaction had no significant effect. The direct and indirect relationship between work-life balance culture and emotional exhaustion has practical implications for health promotion in companies.