Work–family interface and its relationship with job performance: the moderating role of conscientiousness and agreeableness

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between work–family interface and job performance. Furthermore, it focuses on the moderating role of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and the relationship between work–family interface (inter-role conflict and inter-role integration) and job performance. A purposive sample of 345 residents of Karachi consisting of 173 males and 172 females, belonging to double income families and employed in various factories, participated in the study. Data were collected using the Work–Family Interface Scale, the Job Performance Scale, and two personality dimensions of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (Conscientiousness and Agreeableness). Multiple regression analysis results indicated that the inter-role conflict dimension of work–family interface and agreeableness dimension of personality were significantly negatively associated with job performance. Conscientiousness and agreeableness significantly moderated inter-role integration and job performance, whereas no evidence was found of them having a moderating role in inter-role conflict and job performance. This research contributes towards an understanding of the role of positive dispositional attributes moderating between both aspects of work–family interface and job performance.

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Agreeableness conscientiousness inter-role conflict inter-role integration job performance

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