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Weekend Work and Work-Family Conflict: Evidence from Australian Panel Data
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Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB)
Abstract Objective: This paper investigates whether weekend work is associated with higher levels of work-family conflict (WFC) among parents, and whether resources like schedule control or presence of a partner mitigate this effect. Background: The 24/7 economy requires many workers to work on weekends. Nev... view more
Objective: This paper investigates whether weekend work is associated with higher levels of work-family conflict (WFC) among parents, and whether resources like schedule control or presence of a partner mitigate this effect. Background: The 24/7 economy requires many workers to work on weekends. Nevertheless, research on the impact of weekend work on families, and on WFC in particular, is underdeveloped, with previous studies relying on cross-sectional data and small samples. Method: Associations between regular weekend work and a measure of WFC are examined using data from fourteen waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The sample is restricted to workers aged 18 to 64 years with parenting responsibilities for children aged 17or less (7,753 individuals, 40,216 observations). Both pooled ordinary least squares and fixed-effects regression models are estimated. Results: Among both genders, weekend workers have significantly higher levels of WFC than those who only work weekdays. WFC is particularly high for those who work weekends and simultaneously have little control over their schedule. And whereas WFC is generally higher for single parents, week-end work affects WFC similarly for couple and single parents. Conclusion: Weekend work generally has a detrimental effect on workers’ ability to combine employment with parenting commitments. However, work-domain resources like schedule control can buffer the impact of weekend work.... view less
Keywords
weekend; working hours; work-family balance; Australia; partner relationship; conflict potential; family; parenthood; education
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Sociology of Work, Industrial Sociology, Industrial Relations
Free Keywords
HILDA Survey; weekend work; work-family conflict
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Wiesbaden
Page/Pages
29 p.
Series
BiB Working Paper, 4-2020
ISSN
2196-9574
Status
Published Version; reviewed