ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the antecedents and consequences of work-family positive spillover in a cross-national context. Work-family positive spillover is defined as "the effects of work and family on one another that generate similarities between the two domains". The chapter also focuses on one aspect of collectivism referred to as "vertical collectivism" in the literature. To increase knowledge of the influence of culture on the positive work-family interface, the chapter proposes a research model that examines antecedents, outcomes, and the moderating influences of cultural dimensions for both directions of work-family spillover. At high levels of job control, employees with a polychronic time orientation seem to experience higher levels of work-to family positive spillover (WTFS) than monochronic employees. A post-hoc analysis revealed positive relationships between job control and family-to-work positive spillover (FTWS) and family control and WTFS, although the effects sizes were smaller than for the within-domain relationships.
