The importance of construct breadth when examining interrole conflict Academic Article

abstract

• Research examining the influence of nonwork issues on work-related outcomes has flourished. Often, however, the breadth of the interrole conflict construct varies widely between studies. To determine if the breadth of the interrole conflict measure makes a difference, the current study compares the criterion-related validity of scores yielded by a worknonwork conflict scale and those yielded by a workfamily conflict scale using active-duty U.S. Army soldiers stationed in Germany and Italy with spouses and/or children and without spouses or children. Results demonstrated that the two constructs are related but distinct. In addition, workfamily conflict had a stronger relationship with job satisfaction and turnover intentions for employees with a spouse and/or children than for single, childless employees, whereas worknonwork conflict had a stronger relationship with these outcomes for single, childless employees than for employees with a spouse and/or children.

authors

• Payne, Stephanie

published proceedings

• EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Huffman, A. H., Youngcourt, S. S., Payne, S. C., & Castro, C. A.

citation count

• 28

complete list of authors

• Huffman, Ann H||Youngcourt, Satoris S||Payne, Stephanie C||Castro, Carl A

publication date

• June 2008

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Educational and Psychological Measurement  Journal

keywords

• Job Satisfaction
• Turnover Intentions
• Work-family Conflict
• Work-nonwork Conflict

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0013164407308472

start page

• 515

end page

• 530

volume

• 68

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013164407308472