A Cross-Cultural Examination of Cultural Values in the United States and China
Open Access DepositedHome Demands and Work-Life Balance
The current study defines work-life balance relative to individuals’ judgements of their ability, extent, and positive emotions in meeting their valued role expectations. In addition, it expands on the construct to test it as a personal resource within the Work-Home Resources (W-HR) model. The current study predicts that home demands negatively predict work-life balance, which in turn relates to creativity and well-being. Additionally, there has been conflicting evidence on the roles of collectivistic cultural values in work-life interface research. The current study predicts that this may be because the effect of collectivism is moderated by performance orientation. This study assessed this cross-culturally with a moderated mediation model utilizing a 5-day daily diary study in the United States (N = 116) and China (N = 169). This research also examined an exploratory question regarding whether the moderation effect of individual-level values differ by cultural group in their effect on the relationship from home demands to work-life balance. Tests of the main hypotheses failed to find support. Supplementary analyses indicated opportunities for future exploration of the model, showing significant moderating effects of performance orientation in China as well as evidence of a significant three-way interaction with time orientation and collectivism in the combined sample. Overall, results of the present study provide partial support for the role of work-life balance within the W-HR model. Implications for future research on the possible roles of cultural values in the work-life balance literature are discussed, and preliminary organizational practices are suggested.
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