Perceived Family and Partner Support and the Work-Family Interface: A Meta-analytic Review

This study employed meta-analytic techniques to elucidate the role of perceived partner and family support in four measures work-family interface. We extracted 183 effect sizes from 82 samples a total N = 36,226 individuals. found familial (partner family) was negatively associated with work-to-family conflict (r -.099) family-to-work -.178). It positively enrichment .173) .378). Various sample-level moderators were investigated through meta regression subgroup analyses, including whether measure or focused. Perceived showed larger magnitude associations two outcome variables than support, while there no significant differences between outcomes. The results suggest that is an essential component successfully minimizing maximizing enrichment, specific may impact results.