Work-Home Interface and Well-Being A Cross-Lagged Analysis

Much effort has been expended in the past decade to examine the causal relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and negative indicators of well-being. Comparatively little is known about the effects of work-family enrichment (WFE) on well-being. Even more importantly, very few studies have examined the concomitant effects of both WFC and WFE in terms of well-being. This study aims to fill these gaps by investigating the directionality of the causal relationships between WFC, WFE, and two well-being variables (i.e., job strain and job engagement). We examined these relationships using a two-wave cross-lagged panel design. Our sample was composed of 978 workers from a Belgian Federal Public Service. Reciprocal relationships were found between WFC-job strain, WFC-job engagement, and WFE-job engagement.