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Home is Private…Do Not Enter! Introversion and Sensitivity to Work–Home Conflict
Author(s) -
Baer Stacy M.,
Jenkins Jade S.,
Barber Larissa K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
stress and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1532-2998
pISSN - 1532-3005
DOI - 10.1002/smi.2628
Subject(s) - psychology , burnout , moderation , conservation of resources theory , extraversion and introversion , emotional exhaustion , social psychology , occupational stress , work (physics) , job satisfaction , work–life balance , big five personality traits , personality , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering
This study examined extraversion as a moderator of the relationship between negative work–home conflict and stress‐related outcomes among US employees using conservation of resources theory and privacy regulation theory. Introverts only experienced stronger negative effects of negative work–home conflict on work‐related resource depletion (job burnout, low engagement, low satisfaction with balance) rather than general resource depletion (personal burnout) and strain (physical and psychological). This finding suggests that introverts selectively withdraw from the work domain to conserve resources when privacy at home is threatened. Employers may want to consider ways to help introverts increase work–home segmentation, such as reducing workplace norms that encourage employees to be continuously accessible. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.