recovery, and job satisfaction), of those who have an additional demand of frequent overnight travel, spill over into the family, specifically in regards to the marital role and parental role. Perceived Work Factors Work Overload Work overload, stemming from role overload and role theory, a concept in symbolic interactionism, refers to an perception that there is a lack of time to complete the individuals’ tasks they must do at work (Reilly, 1982). In society, many workers are today’s fast-paced expected to be available 24/7, working longer hours, and taking work home with them (Bianchi & Milkie, 2010). Work overload is an important demand to examine because it has been suggested to lead to poorer physical health, such as exhaustion, measured using a questionnaire focusing on feeling emotionally drained, fatigued, and burned out, in a sample of IT workers (Ahuja, Chudoba, Kacmar, McKnight, & George, 2007; Moore, 2000) and full-time frontline hotel workers and their managers in Romania (Karatepe, 2013). Work overload is also associated with poorer mental health, measured as depression, in a longitudinal study of dual earner couples across the transition to parenthood (Perry-Jenkins, Goldberg, Pierce, & Sayer, 2007). Family factors such as relationship conflict (Perry-Jenkins et al., 2007) and work-family conflict (Bolino & Turnely, 2005; Skinner & Pocock, 2008) are influenced by work overload as well. Perry-Jenkins et al. (2007) used Braiker and relationship conflict subscale, Kelley’s (1979) assessing how often partners argue and/or have negative interactions and found that both men and women who experienced higher levels of work overload experienced higher levels of relationship conflict. The findings of that study are in line with the negative work to family spillover perspective, in that stress from the work role spill into the marital role, subsequently creating conflict between partners. Similar to the findings by Perry-Jenkins and her colleagues,
recovery, and job satisfaction), of those who have an additional demand of frequent overnight travel, spill over into the family, specifically in regards to the marital role and parental role. Perceived Work Factors Work Overload Work overload, stemming from role overload and role theory, a concept in symbolic interactionism, refers to an individuals’ perception that there is a lack of time to complete the tasks they must do at work (Reilly, 1982). In today’s fast-paced society, many workers are expected to be available 24/7, working longer hours, and taking work home with them (Bianchi & Milkie, 2010). Work overload is an important demand to examine because it has been suggested to lead to poorer physical health, such as exhaustion, measured using a questionnaire focusing on feeling emotionally drained, fatigued, and burned out, in a sample of IT workers (Ahuja, Chudoba, Kacmar, McKnight, & George, 2007; Moore, 2000) and full-time frontline hotel workers and their managers in Romania (Karatepe, 2013). Work overload is also associated with poorer mental health, measured as depression, in a longitudinal study of dual earner couples across the transition to parenthood (Perry-Jenkins, Goldberg, Pierce, & Sayer, 2007). Family factors such as relationship conflict (Perry-Jenkins et al., 2007) and work-family conflict (Bolino & Turnely, 2005; Skinner & Pocock, 2008) are influenced by work overload as well. Perry-Jenkins et al. (2007) used Braiker and Kelley’s (1979) relationship conflict subscale, assessing how often partners argue and/or have negative interactions and found that both men and women who experienced higher levels of work overload experienced higher levels of relationship conflict. The findings of that study are in line with the negative work to family spillover perspective, in that stress from the work role spill into the marital role, subsequently creating conflict between partners. Similar to the findings by Perry-Jenkins and her colleagues,
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