The Impact of Gender on Work to Family Facilitation in Eight European Countries.

In this study the impact of gender on work to family facilitation (WFF) is studied in three ways: direct, indirect through available job resources and as a moderator of the effect of these job resources on WFF. We looked hereby at four types of resources: job control, an enriched job content, social support and work-life support. In addition, it is investigated how the national gender culture influences this impact of gender. To this end, a large comparative dataset (N=7,867), with data from eight European countries is used. It is found that gender does not impact WFF directly; the effect runs through the available job recourses of men and women. When considering the national gender culture, we found in addition that compared to egalitarian countries and countries in between, only in traditional countries the positive effect of social support on WFF is stronger for women than for men