Understanding the role of self-efficacy in moderating work-family interface and emotional exhaustion

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Murtaza, Ghulam^a | Mousa, Mohamed^{b; *} | Roques, Olivier^c

Affiliations: [a] KEDGE Business School, Talence, France | [b] WSB University, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland | [c] CERGAM, IAE-Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Mohamed Mousa, WSB University, Dabrowie Gornicza, Poland. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: BACKGROUND:Over the years, an overwhelming amount of studies demonstrate that Work-family conflict is a major source of employees’ stress that may have obvious implications for organizational members. OBJECTIVE:This article investigates the effect of the work-family interface among service sector employees’ emotional exhaustion and the moderating role played by self-efficacy (SE). METHOD:Based on the responses of 202 telecom service employees, the authors examine proposed hypotheses through multiple moderated regression analyses. RESULTS:The results indicate that work-family conflict (WFC) and family-work conflict (FWC) were positively related to emotional exhaustion and negatively related to the work-family facilitation (WFF) and family-work facilitation (FWF). Additionally, we identify the potential moderating effect of SE on the relationship between facilitation and exhaustion but find no support for conflict and exhaustion. CONCLUSION:Our study findings lend support for one sub-principle of conservation of resource theory, that “gain begets further gain spiral” and enhances wellbeing. Implications for theory and practice regarding service employee management are discussed.

Keywords: Work-family interface, exhaustion, self-efficacy, personal resource, service employees

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-190785

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 353-364, 2021