Conflict and Facilitation Between Work and Family Roles and Goal Realization in Entrepreneurs

Kinga Łagowska; Mariola Łaguna; Ewelina Purc

doi:10.18290/rpsych2024.0003

Published : 2024-04-10

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2024)

Conflict and Facilitation Between Work and Family Roles and Goal Realization in Entrepreneurs

Kinga Łagowska

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9682-2687

Mariola Łaguna

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6865-8587

Ewelina Purc

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0021-4802

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rpsych2024.0003

Abstract

Entrepreneurs running their businesses usually pursue goals associated with work and family functioning. The efficiency of goal realization in these two areas of activity varies and may depend on balance between the two domains. The study aimed to answer the question of how interplays between the work and family domains (work-to-family conflict, family-to-work conflict, work-to-family facilitation, and family-to-work facilitation) were related to the realization of work and family goals in entrepreneurs. It also tested if sex was a moderator of these relationships. A total of 246 entrepreneurs participated in the study; they were married or in stable non-marital relationships. Structural equation modeling showed that family-to-work conflict is negatively related to work goal realization and family goal realization, and work-to-family facilitation is positively related to family goal realization. Sex does not moderate the relationships analyzed. The study provides insight into the relationships of conflict and facilitation to goal realization in people running their businesses.

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work–family balance, conflict, facilitation, goal realization, entrepreneurs, structural equation modeling

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