Title：The Influence of Work-family Conflict on Social Worker Job Satisfaction
Author: 贾昕珊、傅承哲
Abstract:
• Summary: The current study employed the tress-Strain-Outcome model to understand the structural process of work support, work-family conflict (WFC), burnout, and job satisfaction among Chinese social workers. Using structural equation modeling, we employed a survey dataset of 1,414 social workers to estimate how burnout mediated the influences of work support and WFC on job atisfaction.
• Findings: The results revealed that WFC directly promotes all three dimensions of burnout (i.e., depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and reduced personal accomplishment), and indirectly impairs job satisfaction through the partial mediation of emotional exhaustion and reduced personal accomplishment, net of role stresses or other demographic characteristics. Work support eased burnout and promoted job satisfaction.
• Applications: We highlight that WFC is a noteworthy job stressor impairing social workers’ vocational health. Possible initiatives to promote social support and prevent such stressors are recommended.
Funding: the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 71673091; 72004065); the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (grant number 2020A151501235); the Guangzhou Philosophy and Social Science Foundation (grant number 2020GZGJ78).
Keywords: Social workers; Work; Stress; Quantitative research; International social work
