Conflict and Facilitation Between Work and Family Roles and Goal Realization in Entrepreneurs

• Authors: Kinga Łagowska , Mariola Łaguna , Ewelina Purc

Abstracts

EN

Entrepreneurs running their businesses usually pursue goals associated with work and family functioning. The efficiency of goal realization in these two areas of activity varies and may depend on balance between the two domains. The study aimed to answer the question of how interplays between the work and family domains (work-to-family conflict, family-to-work conflict, work-to-family facilitation, and family-to-work facilitation) were related to the realization of work and family goals in entrepreneurs. It also tested if sex was a moderator of these relationships. A total of 246 entrepreneurs participated in the study; they were married or in stable non-marital relationships. Structural equation modeling showed that family-to-work conflict is negatively related to work goal realization and family goal realization, and work-to-family facilitation is positively related to family goal realization. Sex does not moderate the relationships analyzed. The study provides insight into the relationships of conflict and facilitation to goal realization in people running their businesses.

Keywords

EN

work–family balance; conflict; facilitation; goal realization; entrepreneurs; structural equation modeling

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL
• Journal: Roczniki Psychologiczne
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 49-66

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Kinga Łagowska

• Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Faculty of Philology and Pedagogy

• https://orcid.org/0000000296822687

author

Mariola Łaguna

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Institute of Psychology

• https://orcid.org/0000000168658587

author

Ewelina Purc

• John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Institute of Psychology

• https://orcid.org/0000000300214802

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18290/rpsych2024.0003

Biblioteka Nauki

31343476