Using selection, optimization, and compensation to reduce job/family stressors: effective when it matters

Authors: Young, Lindsey; Baltes, Boris; Pratt, Angela

Source: Journal of Business and Psychology, Volume 21, Number 4, June 2007 , pp. 511-539(29)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Previous research has demonstrated that the use of general behaviors specified by a life-management strategy entitled Selection, Optimization, and Compensation (SOC) reduces, if only to a small extent, the perceived amounts of the main antecedents (i.e., job/family stressors) of work-family conflict. The results of the current study demonstrate that several variables that impact the amount of resources demanded of, or resources available to, an individual (e.g., supervisor support) moderate the relationship between SOC behaviors and job/family stressors. Specifically, SOC strategies are more effective than previously thought at reducing job/family stressors for precisely those individuals in the most demanding situations.

Keywords: work-family conflict; job stressors; family stressors; coping strategies

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10869-007-9039-8

Affiliations: 1: Email: lmyoung@wayne.edu

Publication date: 2007-06-01