Spillover Between Work Attitudes and Overall Life Attitudes: Myth or Reality?

Authors: Rode, Joseph¹; Near, Janet²

Source: Social Indicators Research, Volume 70, Number 1, March 2005 , pp. 79-109(31)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

It is widely believed that work attitudes influence attitudes toward life overall. We investigated a multivariate model of work attitudes and overall life attitudes using survey data from two nationally representative (U.S.) data sets, one cross-sectional and one longitudinal. Including a comprehensive set of control variables, we found only weak support for the “attitudes spillover” perspective, suggesting that employees often compartmentalize or “segregate” their work and nonwork lives. We consider theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-005-7525-9

Affiliations: 1: School of Business Administration, 011011011011011011011011Miami University, Laws Haw, 011011011011011011011011011Oxford, 011011011011011011011011011OH, 01101101101101101101101101145056-3628, 011011011011011011011011011USA, Email: rodejc@muohio.e 2: Kelley School of Business, 011011011011011011011011Indiana University, 1309 East 10th Street, 011011011011011011011011011Bloomington, 011011011011011011011011011IN, 01101101101101101101101101147405-1701, 011011011011011011011011011USA, Email: nea

Publication date: 2005-03-01