ABSTRACT While there has been a proliferation of interest and research into work-family studies we know little about how employees who study while working manage their multiple and sometimes conflicting roles. This research focuses on non-traditional students (NTS), whose representation in the general student population has increased, and explores how they attempt to balance their work and school responsibilities. The question of what factors potentially impact NTS’s academic and job satisfaction remains mostly unanswered and is the question this article attempts to address. Data were collected from over 200 non-traditional students studying across different regional campuses of a US university, testing several hypotheses including relevant demographic and non-demographic variables. Results revealed academic satisfaction was impacted by job-related factors while job satisfaction tended to be influenced mostly by factors in the general work domain. Demographic factors did not appear to predict job satisfaction and nor did they significantly predict academic satisfaction. The paper outlines some future opportunities for research to better understand the work-school dynamic in the lives of non-traditional students.

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良好的平衡：了解工作，学校和个人特征对预测非传统学生的学业和工作满意度的影响

摘要尽管人们对工作家庭研究的兴趣和研究激增，但我们对在工作中学习的员工如何管理其多重甚至有时相互冲突的角色知之甚少。这项研究的重点是非传统学生（NTS），他们在普通学生中的代表人数有所增加，并探讨了他们如何尝试平衡工作和学校责任。哪些因素可能影响NTS的学业和工作满意度，这个问题仍然悬而未决，这是本文试图解决的问题。数据是从200多名非传统学生中收集的，这些学生跨过美国大学不同区域的校园学习，检验了包括相关人口统计学和非人口统计学变量在内的几种假设。结果表明，学业满意度受工作相关因素的影响，而工作满意度往往主要受一般工作领域因素的影响。人口统计学因素似乎并未预测工作满意度，也未显着预测学术满意度。本文概述了一些未来的研究机会，以更好地了解非传统学生生活中的工作学校动态。