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      Work-Family Conflict, Perceived Organizational Support and Professional Commitment: A Mediation Mechanism for Chinese Project Professionals

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          Projects are characterized by long working hours, complex tasks and being a kind of temporary organization. As such, work-family conflict is particularly prominent for project employees. This research examined whether and how work-family conflict affects professional commitment among Chinese project professionals. Research hypotheses were developed to explore the relationship between work-family conflict, professional commitment to the project and the mediating effects of perceived organizational support. Data were collected from 327 project managers or professionals working in construction enterprises in China; data were analyzed using structural equation modeling, applying the bootstrapping method. Results showed that there were three dimensions of work-family conflict: time-based conflict, strain-based conflict and behavior-based conflict. There were two dimensions of perceived organizational support: emotional support and instrumental support. The study also tested the negative effect of work-family conflict on professional commitment and the positive effect of perceived organizational support on professional commitment. Specifically, time-based conflict and emotional support had positive effects on professional commitment. Perceived organizational support had a total mediating effect between work-family conflict and professional commitment. The strain-based conflict dimension of work-family conflict had negative impacts on professional commitment through perceived emotional support and instrumental support. Overall, our findings extend a better understanding of work-family conflict and professional commitment in the project setting and verify the importance of social support in balancing work and family and improving employee mobility.

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                Journal
                Int J Environ Res Public Health
                Int J Environ Res Public Health
                ijerph
                International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
                MDPI
                1661-7827
                1660-4601
                15 February 2018
                February 2018
                : 15
                : 2
                : 344
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Faculty of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China; zjw1989@ 123456kmust.edu.cn
                [2 ]Department of Construction Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China
                Author notes
                [* ]Correspondence: gd198410@ 123456163.com ; Tel.: +86-791-8384-2078
                Author information
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1621-8210
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2600-0493
                Article
                ijerph-15-00344
                10.3390/ijerph15020344
                5858413
                29462860
                5c155c41-686b-436a-8141-df1bdf963b75
                © 2018 by the authors.

                Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

                History
                : 15 January 2018
                : 14 February 2018
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                Public health
                work-family conflict,perceived organizational support,professional commitment,construction enterprises,structural equation modeling,bootstrapping

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