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The impact of caregiving on employment — a mediational model of work-family conflict
Author(s)	Monique A M Gignac, E Kevin Kelloway, Benjamin H Gottlieb
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 15, no 4, Winter 1996
Pages	pp 525-542
Keywords	Family care ; Employees ; Conditions of employment ; Social surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	An extensive body of research has examined the physical, emotional and financial strains of caring for an older relative. In this Canadian survey of employees from eight organisations, 396 women and 316 men completed measures assessing their eldercare involvement, the extent to which their family responsibilities interfered with work (FIW), the extent to which their work interfered with family (WIF), job satisfaction, job costs (e.g. missed meetings), and absenteeism. Eldercare involvement was significantly associated with FIW for women but not for men. Among women, FIW was related to job dissatisfaction and absenteeism; among men it was related to job costs and absenteeism. WIF was unrelated to eldercare, but was associated with FIW and job costs for both women and men. It was also associated with job satisfaction for men. The findings of the current study suggest that eldercare responsibilities impact on the workplace indirectly by arousing conflict between family and work. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-970821282 A
Classmark	P6:SJ: WK: WKA: 3F: 7S
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