ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the effect of work-family interference as a result of work separation demands. It provides the dynamics of the linkages between Work Separation Demands (WSD) and Work-Family Interference (WFI) with individual variables, namely the employee's Subjective Well-Being (SWB) and the crossover effects to the family variables. The number of commuters during weekends has increased to 100 percent higher than during regular working days. The effect of WSD on the employee's SWB is mediated by the pressure of WFI. The crossover effect of WFI on the SWB of minor family members is mediated by the spouse's SWB. Research studies on the work-family interface have addressed questions of how work, which is meant to function as a support for the family, has impacted families, both in positive and negative ways. At the individual level, high work-family conflict levels are related to lower job satisfaction, life, marital and family satisfaction and increased distress.
