Work-family interface and job outcomes among professional translators and interpreters
Do COVID-19 and parenting alter the relationship?
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mutual relationship between work and family among translators and
how that affects their job satisfaction and performance. More specifically, the study centres around the notions of work-family
conflict (Greenhaus, and Beutell 1985) and work-family facilitation (Frone 2003) and analyses what effect they have on translators’ job satisfaction and
performance. The study also tests the influence of the changes imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the parenting role.
Following Choi and Kim (2012), a survey was conducted among a group of professional
translators which contained questions on all variables under study: work-family conflict, family-work conflict, work-family
facilitation, family-work facilitation, job satisfaction and job performance. The results reveal the influence of the work-family
interface on job outcomes. The findings of the study have implications for professional translators and the clients they work
for.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Basic notions
- 3.Previous research
- 4.Work-family interface among translators
- 5.Research model and hypotheses
- 6.Methodology
- 6.1Measurements
- 6.2Sample and data collection
- 6.3Data analysis
- 7.Results
- 7.1Sample characteristics
- 7.2Measurement model
- 7.3Before COVID-19
- 7.4During COVID-19
- 7.5Freelancers
- 8.Discussion and conclusions
- 8.1Limitations and directions for future research
- Notes
-
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