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Based on the work-family enrichment theory, this study analyzes the contribution of work-family and family-work enrichment to explain the military's well-being during a peacekeeping mission. The data used were collected in a sample of 306 Brazilian soldiers, who were married and/or had children, during the phase named "employment of troops" (i.e., when peacekeepers had been in the Haitian territory and, as a result, away from their families, for between three to five months). Data analysis was performed using the Structural Equations Model. It was observed that the military's perception of their spouses' support for their participation during the mission had a positive relationship with both family-to-work enrichment and work-to-family enrichment, and the work-to-family enrichment mediated the relationship between the perception of the spouses' support and the military's health perception and general satisfaction with life. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed and limitations and suggestions for future research were presented.

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Resumen Objetivo: El presente artículo de revisión tuvo como objetivo proporcionar una puesta al día acerca de la teoría e investigación sobre articulación trabajo-familia. Método: Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica de artículos a texto completo correspondiente a los últimos cinco años (2011-2016) en bases de datos definidas como Grupo 1 (calidad AAA) por el Conicet, utilizando los descriptores: articulación trabajo-familia, conflicto trabajo-familia, enriquecimiento trabajo-familia. Luego de delimitar los resultados en función de determinados criterios de selección, se trabajó con un total de 54 artículos. Resultados: La revisión realizada permitió sistematizar los principales mecanismos de vinculación de la interfase trabajo-familia, sus dimensiones constitutivas, las variables antecedentes y consecuentes, así como los instrumentos de medición desarrollados para evaluarla. De la misma surge que la literatura sobre el constructo ha estado dominada por la perspectiva del conflicto. A su vez, la inexistencia de un marco teórico integrador para el aspecto positivo de la articulación trabajo-familia ha dificultado las investigaciones en el área. Conclusiones: La naturaleza del fenómeno debe ser investigada a partir de la evaluación conjunta de ambos aspectos de la articulación trabajo-familia. Futuras investigaciones podrían avanzar hacia una tipología que incorpore las diversas combinaciones de CTF y ETF, ampliar los alcances del modelo para verificar su validez transcultural y validar instrumentos con adecuadas propiedades psicométricas para tales fines.

Abstract Objective: This revision paper aims to provide an update on theory and research focus on work-family interface. Method: 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. Results: The revision allowed to identify principal mechanisms linking workfamily 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. Conlusions: 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.

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Abstract The aim of this study was twofold: to analyze the possible relationships between employees' personality (as measured by core self-evaluations or CSE) and their feelings of work-family enrichment (WFE); and to examine whether distributive justice perceptions act as a mediator in such relationships. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect data from 386 employees in public and private organizations located in Argentina. Structural equation modelling was used to examine two integrative models that combined CSE, distributive justice, and WFE. Results reveal a good fit of the full mediation model (S-Bx2 = 3.18, GFI= .99, CFI= .99, RMSEA= .03), in which distributive justice perceptions fully mediated the relations between CSE and WFE (y = .13, IC= [-.03; .27]) and between CSE and FEW (y = .09, IC= [-.08; .25]). Findings are discussed in the light of its theoretical and practical implications. The study provides valuable information for organizational authorities and HR managers to focus their efforts on both the development of CSE traits and the creation of fair and equitable work environments.

Resumen El objetivo de este estudio fue doble: analizar las relaciones entre la personalidad de los empleados (operacionalizada como núcleo de autoevaluaciones, NAE) y el enriquecimiento trabajo-familia (ETF); y examinar si las percepciones de justicia distributiva desempeñan un rol mediador en tales relaciones. Se realizó una verificación empírica de corte transversal sobre 386 empleados de organizaciones públicas y privadas localizadas en Argentina. Análisis de ecuaciones estructurales indicaros un adecuado ajuste para un modelo de mediación total (S-Bx2 = 3.18, GFI= .99, CFI = .99, RMSEA= .03), en el que las percepciones de justicia distributiva median las relaciones del NAE con ETF (y = .13, IC= [-.03; .27]) y con EFT (y = .09, IC= [-.08; .25]). Se discuten los resultados a la luz de sus implicaciones prácticas. Este estudio proporciona información valiosa para que directivos organizacionales y gerentes de recursos humanos focalicen sus esfuerzos tanto en el desarrollo de los rasgos del NAE, como en la creación de ambientes de trabajo justos.

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