I Am a Leader, I Am a Mother, I Can Do This! The Moderated Mediation of Psychological Capital, Work–Family Conflict, and Having Children on Well-Being of Women Leaders

Sustainability

Mónica Segovia-Pérez¹  Eva Cifre²  Laritza Machín-Rincón²  Pilar Domínguez-Castillo³ 

[1] Business Department, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain;Department of Evolutive, Educational, Social Psychology and Methodology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus Riu Sec, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain;Department of Personality, Psychological Assessment and Treatments, Faculty of Psychology, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain;

关键词: psychological capital;    women leaders;    work-family conflict;    engagement;    burnout;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su12052100

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Gender equality is one of the Sustainable Development Goals. Management is one of the jobs that more clearly needs a gender perspective. Women leaders have found a way around the labyrinth to get to the top, which might have developed their personal resources such as psychological capital. Women leaders experience an inter-role conflict when work and family demands are mutually incompatible, affecting negatively their well-being. This study aims to analyze the mediation role that work−family and family−work conflict plays between psychological capital and well-being (engagement and burnout) when moderated by the number of children. In total, 202 Spanish women leaders participated in the study. Results of the mediated moderation model using Model 14 of the macro PROCESS for SPSS software show that psychological capital buffers the negative effects that experiencing work−family conflict has on well-being when having children. The well-being of women leaders is not affected when dealing with family interfering work conflict and having children. As such, women leaders who have children rely on their psychological capital to successfully manage the family demands affecting their work and to reduce the negative effect of work−family conflict on their well-being. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed from the psychology of a sustainability perspective.

【 授权许可】

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