Conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance: the role of well-being in this relationship

Abstract

Recent societal changes brought new challenges to contemporary organisations, e.g., how to properly manage the work-family/family-work dyad and, thus, promote adequate task performance. This study aimed to study the relationship between conflict (work-family and fami-ly-work) and task performance and whether this relationship was moderated by well-being. Thus, the following hypotheses were formulated: (1) conflict (work-family and family-work) is negative-ly associated with task performance; (2) conflict (work-family and family-work) is negatively as-sociated with well-being; (3) well-being is positively associated with task performance; and (4) well-being moderates the relationship between conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance. A total of 596 subjects participated in this study, all of them working in Portuguese organisations. The results underlined that only family-work conflict was negatively and signifi-cantly associated with task performance. Work-family conflict established a negative and signifi-cant relationship with well-being. Well-being was positively and significantly associated with per-formance and moderated the relationship between conflict (work-family and family-work) and task performance. These results show that organisations should provide employees with situa-tions that promote their well-being.