ABSTRACT
Leanor Boulin Johnson is an associate professor of Family Resources and Human Development at Arizona State University. This chapter presents Johnson’s research on black families, gender roles, sexuality, and work-family stress has appeared in numerous journals. It examines the interrelationship of job stressors, job strain, and marital strain among black police officers using a "Work-Family Tension Model." Perceived job stressors, such as differential treatment based on racial status, tended to affect job strain. Furthermore, job stressors (direct/indirect) and job strain tended to influence the level of marital interaction and potential for separation and divorce. The chapter discusses the spillover/generalization model; compensatory-nonwork model; and segmentation model. The Spillover/Generalization model is used to explore work-family linkages. The compensatory-nonwork model assumes that individuals engage in nonwork (for example, leisure and family life) activities to compensate for work deprivation experiences. The segmentation model assumes that the work and family domain are independent of each other.
