Abstract

This study investigated whether the relationships between work-family conflict subtypes, work interfering family (WIF) and family interfering work (FIW), and burnout subtypes (exhaustion and cynicism) would differ contingent upon the respondents’ gender and marital status. In addition, the lagged effects of work-family conflict were examined whether the effects would exist after 14 days. Participants were 1,108 full-time workers who completed two-time online surveys from the pool of a professional survey company. In general, the effects of work-family conflict on burnout appeared larger among men than women. Further, the effect of FIW on exhaustion was larger among married workers than single workers. Additionally, the comparison among four groups resulting from the combination of gender and marital status showed that the positive relationships of FIW with burnout facets were the weakest among single women. However, single women reported the highest mean scores of burnout facets. Finally, WIF had the direct effects on Time 2 burnout subtypes even after Time 1 burnout subtypes were controlled, whereas FIW had only the indirect effects. These results provide practical implications on how to intervene the harmful effects of work-family conflict.