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Measuring the Positive Side of the Work-Family Interface: Development and Validation of a Work-Family Enrichment Scale

Dawn S. Carlson; K. Michele Kacmar; Julie Holliday Wayne; Joseph G. Grzywacz

Journal of Vocational Behavior • 2006 • DOI

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Abstract

Based on current conceptualizations of enrichment, or the positive side of the work–family interface, a multi-dimensional measure of work–family enrichment is developed and validated using five samples. The final 18 item measure consists of three dimensions from the work to family direction (development, affect, and capital) and three dimensions from the family to work direction (development, affect, and efficiency). The validity of the scale was established by assessing the content adequacy, dimensionality, reliability, factor structure invariance, convergent validity, divergent validity, and its relationship to work and family correlates.

Keywords

Work–family interface · Work–family enrichment · Work–family conflict · Scale development · Positive spillover

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