Teachers' occupation-specific work-family conflict

To expand work-family conflict (WFC) research to specific occupations, this study investigated how work and family generic and occupation-specific stressors; and support variables related to family interfering with work (F -> W) and work interfering with family (W -> ) among 230 Israeli high school teachers. Further expanding WFC research, the authors assessed WFC effects on burnout and vigor. Results indicated that W -> F conflict was related to generic variables and more so to distinctive teaching characteristics (e.g., investment in student behavior and parent-teacher relations). Both W -> F and F -> W predicted burnout, whereas only F -> W predicted vigor. Implications for WFC research and occupational health programs are discussed.