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Christopher J L Cunningham1, Gabriel M De La Rosa
1Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA. Chris-Cunningham@utc.edu
Abstract:
Proactive personality was expected to moderate the relationship between controllable work and nonwork stressors (e.g., time-based work-family interference) and job/life satisfaction. Moderated multiple regression analyses of survey data from a sample of professionals (N=133) revealed a significant interaction between time-based family interfering-with work and proactive personality predicting life satisfaction and several main effects offering partial support for the hypothesized relationships (alpha<.05). No other interactions between proactive personality and other forms of work-family interference were observed. The benefits of proactive personality may only emerge when personal control over occupational stressors can be exercised.
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