Abstract

Employees with caregiving responsibilities often experience work-life interference (WLI), particularly when caring for either disabled persons and/or children. This study examines sample of 288 working Australians from the AWALI national survey data, who care for at least one family member or friend with long-term physical or mental illness, disability, or aging-related problems. We investigated the role of unpaid work at home in predicting WLI, based on a model that included indirect association via inferred causes for working unpaid hours at home and a conditional direct relationship based on number of children. The findings supported our prediction that unpaid work at home is positively associated with WLI but its effect is moderated by number of children. There was a conditional direct effect where employees with care responsibilities experienced a stronger relationship between unpaid hours and WLI when having more children. Further, when the perceived reason for unpaid work was excessively demanding work, the relationship with WLI was stronger. Implications for workers with multiple caregiving responsibilities are discussed.

摘要

承担看护责任的员工经常会遭受工作生活干扰（WLI），尤其是在照顾残疾人和/或儿童时。这项研究从AWALI全国调查数据中检查了288名在职澳大利亚人的样本，他们照顾至少一名长期患有身体或精神疾病，残疾或与衰老相关的问题的家庭成员或朋友。我们调查的家庭无薪工作中的作用在预测WLI，基于模型，其中包括间接的关联通过可以推断出在家中无薪工作时间的原因，并根据孩子的数量建立有条件的直接关系。这些发现支持了我们的预测，即家庭无偿工作与WLI正相关，但其影响受儿童数量的影响。有条件的直接影响是，当有更多孩子时，承担护理责任的员工在无薪工作时间与WLI之间的关系更加牢固。此外，当人们认为无偿工作的原因是对工作的过度要求时，与WLI的关系就更牢固了。讨论了对承担多个照料职责的工人的影响。