Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance Of Work/Family Conflict Scales Across English-Speaking Samples
Graduation Year
2003
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ph.D.
Degree Granting Department
Psychology
Major Professor
Michael Brannick, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Tammy Allen, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Walter Borman, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Vicky Phares, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Judith Becker-Bryant, Ph.D.
Keywords
women, work/life balance, work/life fit
Abstract
The factor structure of the work/family conflict scale developed by Carlson, Kacmar, & Williams (2000) was analyzed for measurement invariance between a US and an Australian/New Zealand (ANZ) sample using a multisample confirmatory factor analysis procedure. Results indicated that factor pattern fit between the female samples on the common model was good-to-mediocre, and factor pattern fit between the male samples and the common model was mediocre-to-poor. Both samples exhibited significant changes in chi square when testing for the more restrictive factor loading equivalence. Partial measurement invariance revealed a better fit between the male samples when three of the items were unconstrained, and when eight items were unconstrained between the female samples. Finally, males and females in the ANZ sample exhibited factor pattern invariance, but required two items to be unconstrained before factor loading invariance was achieved. Mean differences on the six scales revealed higher levels of time-based work interference with family and family interference with work for males than for females in the ANZ sample.
Scholar Commons Citation
Herst, David Evan Loran, "Cross-Cultural Measurement Invariance Of Work/Family Conflict Scales Across English-Speaking Samples" (2003). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/1389
