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What The Person Brings To The Table: Personality, Coping, And Work–Family Conflict, Jeanine K. Andreassi
What The Person Brings To The Table: Personality, Coping, And Work–Family Conflict, Jeanine K. Andreassi
WCBT Faculty Publications
Employees (N = 291) of various industries and companies were surveyed to study how individual factors (coping and personality) affect work–family conflict: strain-based work-to-family conflict (S-WFC), time-based work-to-family conflict (T-WFC), strain-based family-to-work conflict (S-FWC), and time-based family-to-work conflict (T-FWC). As expected, passive coping was related to significantly higher levels of S-WFC, S-FWC, and T-FWC. Unexpectedly, active coping was related to higher levels of S-WFC. As hypothesized, social support coping was negatively related to work–family conflict, but only for T-WFC. Venting was positively related to S-WFC. As predicted, neuroticism was positively related to S-WFC, T-WFC, and S-FWC. Passive coping mediated …
Ethical And Managerial Implications Of Internet Monitoring, Andra Gumbus, Frances Grodzinsky
Ethical And Managerial Implications Of Internet Monitoring, Andra Gumbus, Frances Grodzinsky
WCBT Faculty Publications
As Internet use pervades our personal and professional lives, organizations have become increasingly concerned about employee use of the Internet for personal reasons while at work. This has prompted the restriction of the Internet or the limitation of the Internet during work hours. Monitoring of employee Internet and email is another result of this trend. Legitimate business functions such as employee performance appraisal and progress toward goals are served by monitoring. However, poorly designed and communicated monitoring practices can be negative and have perverse effects on employee morale and productivity. Monitoring of employees erodes trust and may be considered an …