Purpose – The purpose of this brief paper is to introduce the papers in this special issue of Journal of Managerial Psychology , focused on “Complexities and challenges in the work‐family interface”. Design/methodology/approach – The paper first introduces the theme of the special...

Purpose – The current study seeks to argue that the constructs of work demand and family demand have been neglected in the work‐family conflict (WFC) literature. The authors aim to help clarify the definition and utilize direct measures of perceived work and family demand to test main...

Purpose – Although the effort‐reward imbalance (ERI) model of job stress has gained support in predicting employee health, it has rarely been examined in the context of the work‐home interface. This study aims to test an expanded ERI model in predicting work‐life conflict (WLC) in...

Purpose – This study aims to explore the nature of couple agreement about work‐family conflict, adding to previous research by explicitly testing the extent to which couples agree when rating work interference with family (WIF) and the influence of this agreement on other outcomes....

Purpose – The paper seeks to examine whether spillover from “nonwork” to work contributes to individuals' well‐being. Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was administered to New Zealand local government employees. Positive (facilitation) and negative (conflict) spillover...

Purpose – The paper seeks to analyze empirically the consequences of family responsibilities for career success and the influence of career context variables and gender on this relationship. Design/methodology/approach – The sample consists of 305 business school graduates (52 percent male)...

Purpose – This paper seeks to review and explore the relatively neglected notion of the adjustment of expatriate families to living abroad with the aim of developing a new model that can be used for future research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on the few studies of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce a selection of papers within the issue that discuss the work‐family interface. Design/methodology/approach – The themes of the papers in the issue are outlined Findings – The papers address the following: conflict, facilitation and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationships between four general coping styles, work and family conflict, and work and family facilitation in a simultaneous equations framework Design/methodology/approach – Data from the MIDUS study were analyzed using two‐staged...