Spousal Support and Work—Family Balance in Launching a Family Business

This study examines whether emotional spousal support contributes to business owners' perceived work—family balance while launching a family business. Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources theory of stress is applied to 109 family business owners and their spouses. Results from structural eq...

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Published in:Journal of family issues Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 1098 - 1121
Main Authors: Gudmunson, Clinton G., Danes, Sharon M., Werbel, James D., Loy, Johnben Teik-Cheok
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2009
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Business
Communication
Conservation
Emotional Response
Emotions
Family (Sociological Unit)
Family Businesses
Family owned businesses
Family Relationship
Family Work Relationship
Job Satisfaction
Marital Satisfaction
Marriage
Satisfaction
Social Support
Spouses
Stress
Stress Variables
Structural equation modeling
Structural Equation Models
Structural models
Succession planning
United States (Midwest)
Work life balance
Working Hours
Conservation of Resources theory
spousal support
business launch
family business
work—family balance
ISSN:0192-513X, 1552-5481
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Summary:This study examines whether emotional spousal support contributes to business owners' perceived work—family balance while launching a family business. Hobfoll's Conservation of Resources theory of stress is applied to 109 family business owners and their spouses. Results from structural equation models support several hypotheses. First, reports of spousal support given are strongly related to reports of support received, suggesting genuine interpersonal transactions of support. Second, the effects of spousal support are confounded until a satisfaction-with-business-communication variable is introduced, revealing competing direct and indirect effects on work—family balance. Finally, business owner work hours have an additive negative effect on work—family balance, suggesting multiple means for maintaining work—family balance.
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ISSN:0192-513X
1552-5481
DOI:10.1177/0192513X09333758