@article {13500, title = {Getting under the skin? Influences of work-family experiences on personality trait adaptation and reciprocal relationships.}, journal = {J Pers Soc Psychol}, year = {2023}, abstract = {

The literature on personality trait development has mainly focused on influences of life experiences in one single life domain (e.g., work or family) separate from one another and has primarily examined personality development in early life stages. Thus, less attention has been devoted to influences from interplays across different life domains and personality development in middle and late adulthood. Synthesizing the literature on personality science and organizational research, we built a theoretical model and investigated what, how, and why the interplay between two central life domains-work and family-may be related to personality trait development of people at their middle and late life stages, and more important, change-related reciprocal relationships between personality traits and work-family experiences. Generally, convergent findings with data from two longitudinal studies (National Survey of Midlife in the United States, maximum = 3,192, three waves; and Health and Retirement Study, maximum = 1,133, three waves except anxiety) revealed that work-to-family conflict, family-to-work conflict, work-to-family facilitation, and family-to-work facilitation mostly had lagged effects on changes of Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Neuroticism, and the influences were generally channeled through changes of anxiety. Personality traits also had lagged influences on changes of work-family experiences, with some influences deteriorating over time. Change-related reciprocal relationships were recorded mainly between Neuroticism and Extraversion with work-family experiences. Some selection effects were larger than socialization effects. Our research contributes to the personality and the work-family literature and represents a useful example of cross-fertilization of research in different areas of psychology to advance personality research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).

}, issn = {1939-1315}, doi = {10.1037/pspp0000476}, author = {Li, Wen-Dong and Wang, Jiexin and Allen, Tammy and Zhang, Xin and Yu, Kaili and Zhang, Hong and Huang, Jason L and Liu, Mengqiao and Li, Andrew} } @article {9439, title = {Sense of Control, Job Stressors, and Well-Being: Inter-relations and Reciprocal Effects Among Older U.S. Workers}, journal = {Work, Aging and Retirement}, volume = {4}, year = {2018}, pages = {96-107}, abstract = {The purpose of this study was to examine dynamic relations among job stressors, sense of control, and well-being among older working adults. Sense of control can be especially important among older adults given their potential vulnerability due to declining resources in health and work ability. Drawing on the conservation of resources (COR) theory, we examined relations between job stressors and sense of control as they relate to older workers{\textquoteright} well-being, along with reciprocal relations between sense of control and both job and life satisfaction. Using 3 waves of survey data from 477 older working U.S. adults (age 51+) in the Health and Retirement Study, we examined cross-lagged model results and found reciprocal relations between sense of control and both job and life satisfaction. Results highlight the key role of sense of control in maintaining well-being among older workers. These findings resonate with COR, suggesting that sense of control both affects and is affected by individuals{\textquoteright} well-being. Our study sheds light on dynamic processes involving job stressors, sense of control, and well-being and underscores the importance of promoting sense of control for older working adults.}, keywords = {Depressive symptoms, Health Conditions and Status, Life Satisfaction, Stress, Well-being}, issn = {2054-4642}, doi = {10.1093/workar/waw035}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/workar/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/workar/waw035}, author = {Liu, Mengqiao and McGonagle, Alyssa K. and Gwenith G Fisher} }