Answering calls to further explore the role of cognition in the work-family interface, this study examines the cognitive work-family spillover of satisfaction. Moreover, to date, theories have proposed identical effects and moderators for the work-to-family and the family-to-work directions of spillover, an assumption termed the bidirectional parallelism thesis, which we will test. The objective of this study is therefore to examine work-family boundary strength and domain identity salience as moderators of the spillover of satisfaction from work to family and from family to work. First, while the literature has mostly focused on the positive consequences of boundary strength, we draw on boundary theory to posit that boundary strength of the receiving domain limits satisfaction spillover. Second, in accordance with the enactment effect derived from boundary theory, we argue that spillover originates more strongly from domains that are salient in one's identity. To test these hypotheses, 2637 Canadian workers participated in a two-wave study. Structural equation modelling analyses showed that job satisfaction had a lagged relationship with family satisfaction irrespective of the levels of home boundary strength and work identity salience. Inversely, family satisfaction had a significant lagged relationship with job satisfaction only when work boundary strength was low or when family identity salience was high. This study contributes to work-family theories by extending their propositions to satisfaction as a cognitive component of subjective well-being, as well as testing its spillover in a time frame consistent with the greater stability of cognitive evaluations.

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工作-家庭满意度溢出：领域边界强度和身份显着性的调节作用

为了进一步探讨认知在工作与家庭界面中的作用，本研究响应了进一步探索认知在工作与家庭界面中的作用的呼声，探讨了满意度的认知工作与家庭溢出效应。此外，迄今为止，理论已经提出了工作到家庭和家庭到工作的溢出方向相同的效应和调节因素，这一假设被称为双向并行论，我们将对其进行测试。因此，本研究的目的是检验工作-家庭边界强度和领域身份显着性作为满意度从工作到家庭以及从家庭到工作溢出的调节因素。首先，虽然文献主要关注边界强度的积极后果，但我们利用边界理论假设接收域的边界强度限制了满意度溢出。第二，根据边界理论得出的制定效应，我们认为溢出效应更强烈地源于个人身份中突出的领域。为了检验这些假设，2637 名加拿大工人参加了一项两波研究。结构方程模型分析表明，无论家庭边界强度和工作身份显着性水平如何，工作满意度与家庭满意度都存在滞后关系。相反，只有当工作边界强度较低或家庭身份显着性较高时，家庭满意度与工作满意度才存在显着滞后关系。这项研究将满意度作为主观幸福感的认知组成部分，为工作家庭理论做出了贡献。