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Janet A. Lenaghan
Assistant Professor of Management
Hofstra University
Richard Buda
Associate Professor of Management
Hofstra University
Alan B. Eisner
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Chair of Management
Pace University
* The authors gratefully acknowledge the insightful comments of Dr.
Charles C. Fischer, editor of JMI and two anonymous reviewers. We would
also like to thank Alvin Hwang and Dan Baugher for their contributions
to this research. This article is dedicated to the memory of our friend
and coauthor, Dr. Richard Buda, who passed away on September 2, 2005.
(1) Outcomes comparable to those reported emerged when treating WFC
and EI as continuous variables and using hierarchical regression. The
interaction effect remained significant at the .05 level.
Table 1
Correlations between Primary Scales and Selected Variables
Work-
Emotional family Emotional
Intelligence Conflict Well-being
Emotional Intelligence 1.00
Work-family Conflict -.27 ** 1.00
Well-being .36 ** -.35 ** 1.00
Gender (a) .13 -.12 -.06
Marital Status (b) .08 -.05 .13
Race/Ethnicity (c) .08 .03 -.06
Age .07 -.15 * .09
Number of Children -.03 .01 -.09
Education .09 .05 .07
Staff Size -.05 .06 -.01
Years in Organization .05 .02 .05
Hours of Work .02 .16 * .03
Satisfaction of Work .11 -.23 ** .33 **
Importance of Work .17 ** -.19 ** .24 **
(N = 205)
* p < .05; ** p < .01.
(a) Gender: 1 = Male; 2 = Female
(b) Marital Status: 0 = Other; 1 = Married
(c) Race/Ethnicity: 0 = Other; 1 = Caucasian
Note. Italicized numbers on the diagonal are the reliability
coefficients. All other numbers are correlations.
Table 2
ANCOVA Analysis of the Influence of Emotional Intelligence and
Work-family Conflict on Well-being
Source SS df MS
Full Model 16765.58 6 2794.26
Marital Status 651.85 1 651.85
Work Satisfaction 1719.17 1 1719.17
hnportance of Work 68.25 1 68.25
El 4564.45 1 4564.45
WFC 3014.51 1 3014.51
El X WFC Interaction 731.36 1 731.36
Error 37879.57 198 191.31
Total 54645.16 204
Partial
Eta
Source F p Squared
Full Model 14.61 .001 .307
Marital Status 3.41 .066 .017
Work Satisfaction 8.99 .003 .043
hnportance of Work 0.36 .551 .002
EI 23.86 .001 .108
WFC 15.76 .001 .074
EI X WFC Interaction 3.82 .052 .019
Error
Total
(N = 205)
(a) Covariates.
(b) Main effect adjusted means: High EI (M = 79.01) versus Low EI
(M = 69.33).
(c) Main effect adjusted means: High WFC (M = 70.13) versus Low WFC
(M = 78.22).
Table 3
Descriptive Statistics for Well-being Adjusted for Covariates (a)
Emotional Work-family
Intelligence Conflict N M SE
Low Low 39 75.30 2.23
High 62 63.36 1.81
High Low 58 81.13 1.85
High 46 76.89 2.04
(N = 205)
(a) Covariates: Marital Status, Work Satisfaction, and
Importance of Work.
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