Work-family interface -: Commitment, conflict, coping, and satisfaction

The objective of this study is to achieve a better understanding of the interrelationships between work and family commitment, work-family conflict, coping, and satisfaction with work and family roles. Super's life-span, life-space theory provides a framework for the study. Participants (N = 154) are married, employed, college graduates who completed questionnaires regarding their work and family roles. A path model of work-family interface is proposed and tested against an alternative model. Results indicate that the proposed path model adequately fits the data, and this model is deemed better than the alternative model. Implications of the findings are discussed, and directions for future research are provided.