Revisando el constructo articulación trabajo-familia: entre el conflicto y el enriquecimiento:

Abstract

Objective: This revision paper aims to provide an update on theory and research focus on work-family interface. \nMethod: A bibliographic research of academic full text articles over the past five years (2011-2016), in databases defined as Group 1 (AAA quality) by Conicet, using work-family interface, work-family conflict, work-family enrichment as descriptors, was made. After delimitating results according to certain selection criteria, we worked with a total of 54 papers. \nResults: The revision allowed to identify principal mechanisms linking work- family interface, its constitutive dimensions, antecedent and consequent variables, as well as different and usefull assessment tools developed for evaluation. This revision shows that work-family literature has been dominated by a conflict perspective. In addition, the absence of a comprehensive theoretical framework to examine the positive effects of work and family interface, has prevented related researches in this area. \nConlusions: The nature of the construct should be investigated based on the specific combinations between work-family conflict and work-family enrichment. Future research could move towards a typology that incorporates different combinations of WFC and WFE, extend the scope of the model to verify its transcultural validity and validate instruments with adequate psychometric properties for such purposes.