
Management Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
12-2001
Publication Source
Administrative Science Quarterly
Volume
46
Issue
4
Start Page
655
Last Page
684
DOI
10.2307/3094827
Abstract
This study develops a model of engagement in the multiple roles of work and family. I examine two competing arguments about the effects of engaging in multiple roles, depletion and enrichment, and integrate them by identifying the type of emotional response to a role, negative or positive, as a critical contrasting assumption held by these two perspectives. Moreover, I represent depletion and enrichment as complex multistep processes that include multiple constructs, such as engagement and emotion. This study jointly examines both the depleting and enriching processes that link engagement in one role to engagement in another, using structural equation modeling. Findings from a survey of 790 employees reveal evidence for both depletion and enrichment as well as gender differences. Specifically, depletion existed only for women and only in the work-to-family direction. Men experienced enrichment from work to family, while women experienced enrichment from family to work. Overall, more linkages were found between work and family for women than for men.
Recommended Citation
Rothbard, N. P. (2001). Enriching or Depleting? The Dynamics of Engagement in Work and Family Roles. Administrative Science Quarterly, 46 (4), 655-684. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3094827
Date Posted: 27 November 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.