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Melissa Brown1, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
1Sloan Center on Aging and Work, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, USA. browntv@bc.edu
Abstract:
Many workers can expect to provide care to an elder relative at some point during their tenure in the workforce. This study extends previous research by exploring whether caregiving frequency (providing care on a regular, weekly basis vs. intermittently) moderates the relationship between certain workplace characteristics and work-to-family conflict. Utilizing a sample of 465 respondents from the National Study of the Changing Workforce (Families and Work Institute, 2008), results indicate that access to workplace flexibility has a stronger effect on reducing work-to-family conflict among intermittent caregivers than among those who provide care regularly.
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