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Social Sciences, Psychology, Applied, Psychology, Burnout, Crossover, Employee engagement, Sickness absence, Turnover intention, Work-family conflict, DEMANDS-RESOURCES MODEL, JOB-PERFORMANCE, CROSSOVER, ENGAGEMENT, CONFLICT, BURNOUT, VALIDATION, PARTNER, STRESS, STRAIN, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 1503 Business and Management, 1701 Psychology, Business & Management, 3505 Human resources and industrial relations, 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour, 5201 Applied and developmental psychology

Abstract:

Previous studies have convincingly shown that employees' family lives can affect their work outcomes. We investigate whether family-to-work interference (FWI) experienced by the employee also affects the work outcomes of a co-worker. We predict that the employee's FWI has an effect on the co-worker's outcomes through the crossover of positive and negative work attitudes. Using a sample of 1430 co-worker dyads, we found that the employee's FWI had a positive relationship with the co-worker's sickness absence through the crossover of feelings of burnout. Similarly, employee FWI was positively related to co-worker turnover intention through the crossover of (reduced) work engagement. The results show that family matters at work, affecting not only employee but also co-worker work outcomes. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.