ABSTRACT
This chapter presents findings concerning how the working, sandwiched couples in sample are managing, given their multiple role responsibilities. It focuses on this finding of the importance of role quality by examining the relative impact of perceived role quality in the four roles over and that of the objective role characteristics, on the work-family fit, well-being, and work outcomes. Although the objective role characteristics variables that are traditionally used in work-family research tended to have moderate relationships with the outcomes, more important were the subjective experiences of role quality. The chapter discusses several potential areas for prevention and intervention. It shows that role quality, in particular, is important for understanding the effects of being sandwiched. It also describes the correlational relationships between role characteristics. The chapter provides results from multivariate analyses that allow to make stronger inferences about relationships between the objective and subjective role characteristics and the outcomes.
