Employeesʹ work–family conflict moderating life and job satisfaction

The top-down perspective (i.e., life satisfaction influences job satisfaction) and the dispositional perspective are the focuses of the current studyʹs research on life-work spillovers. This study investigates the impact of life satisfaction on job satisfaction under different situations of work–family conflict. The results of a field survey reveal responses from 121 sales managers from 26 hotels in China to test the moderating effects of work–family conflict on the relationship between life and job satisfaction. Analysis involves hierarchical regression with follow-up examination utilizing simple slope analysis. The results imply that employees facing less conflict between work and family tend to carry positive aspects from daily life to the workplace. The results also support the value of managerial efforts to have an organizational climate welcoming to employeesʹ families. Even in China, where labor resources are abundant, family-friendly policies would help to increase the business success of hotels.