How Do People With Different Attachment Styles Balance Work and Family? A Personality Perspective on Work-Family Linkage

• Published in: Journal of applied psychology Vol. 86; no. 4; pp. 653 - 663
• Main Authors: Sumer, H. Canan, Knight, Patrick A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01.08.2001
• Subjects: Adult; Applied psychology; Attachment Behavior; Attachment style; Attitude; Biological and medical sciences; Correlation analysis; Data Collection; Emotional Security; Employee Characteristics; Employees; Families & family life; Family; Family Relations; Family roles; Family Work Relationship; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Human; Humans; Individual Differences; Interpersonal Relations; Job Satisfaction; Life Satisfaction; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational psychology; Personality; Personality Traits; Psychological aspects; Psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Quality of Life; Self-Concept; Studies; Surveys; Work condition. Job performance. Stress; Work environment; Work roles; Workplace; Human; Employee; Affective attachment; Interindividual comparison; Family environment; Well being; Personality; Job satisfaction; Work family relation; Professional activity

This study explored whether different models of work-family relationship were possible for individuals with different attachment styles. A mail survey was conducted using employees ( N = 481) at a midwestern university in the United States. Results suggested that (a) individuals with a preoccupied a...