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individual’s sensitivity to workplace stressors which are significant role for decreasing workplace stress’s
related to their family functioning. influence to family functioning (Haslam & Reicher,
However, there a high level of perceived stress indicated 2006).
only among married female participants, excluding In fact, there individual’s whose social identification
males. This finding contradicted the previous conclusion with their family was low, showed poor family
of Wang et al. (2001) that suggested men display more relationship patterns, such as having difficulties to form
negative emotion as a result of workplace stress, report a bond with other members, and decrease sense a family
high neuroticism and express more active and more as a central part their self-image. Individual’s social
negative social behavior, but these patterns were not recourse from their family is a key variable in
identified in women. However, the result has similarity establishing their confidence in their ability to cope with
with the Pennebaker’s (1982) conclusion that women stress (Klink, Byars-Winston, & Bakken, 2008).
are more likely to report symptoms of physical and Because when members have identity and categorize as
emotional discomfort than men. This could be one group, this may influence their protecting group
participant’s in particular, females’ cultural, members from adverse reactions to strain and
demographic features. Moreover, it probably impacts of perceptions, increase a sense of support and responses
their combination and attempt to satisfy two for workplace stress (Haslam et al., 2005). Furthermore,
environment responsibilities. This result would be a social interaction might shape individual’s
significant factor for future research, as similarly psychological development by norms, roles and rules
Seiffge-Krenke, Aunola, and Nurmi (2009) study about (1979) by reducing their stress. Previous finding by
changes in stress perception and coping suggested that Haslam and Reicher (2006) claimed that when there is
for workplace stress perception situational factors are lower a sense of social identification among members of
more impactful than the levels of perceived stress. the group, this reduces the ability to resist the stressors.
On the other hand, as Barnett and Baruch (1985) study In addition, social identification variable interacts
concluded that working has play more significant effect significantly with workplace stress on family
to female that impacted on their family relationship than functioning variable in the prediction of moderation for
male. In contrast, Pleck (1985); Rosalind, Lois, and workplace stress effect, consistent with interactional
Grace (1987) both study suggested that men are more model of personality theories (Endler & Magnusson,
psychologically involved in their families than their 1976). Consistent with such theories, ‘actual behavior is
work roles, and their well-being is dependent on family. determined by a continuous and multidirectional
Thus, workplace stress’s impact on family functioning interaction between person variables and situation
among female’s were clear, whereas participant - male’s variables’ (Magnusson & Endler, 1976) which means
workplace stress might be influenced by female’s social identification with family as a situation and
workplace stress’s affect on their family relationship. individual’s responsibility to perceive and value family
The Multiple linear regression analysis results showed as centrality as personal variables play an important role
that the direct effect of workplace stress on their family changing stress.
functioning reduced under the social identification’s The results of examination of workplace stress’s
moderating condition. It is because social identification negative association with family functioning, and social
changes the mechanism depending on individual’s identification’s role for workplace stress moderation
social identification level with their family. In fact, the concluded that the higher level of individual’s social
nature of the workplace stress’s impact on family identification with their family, the lower negative effect
functioning changed as a result of the inclusion of from workplace stress on their family functioning. It is
interaction between social identification and workplace because when their sense of identity is high, they might
stress. This means, the effect of workplace stress to influence others emotionally which gives them power to
family functioning was not significant in the presence of cope with stressors. Whereas negative social
individual’s high level social identification with their identification or poor relationship among members of
family. It is because when individual’s social family might a reason of workplace stress’s significant
identification with their family was high, their cognitive impact on family functioning.
appraisal about family was central, and their ingroup ties Conclusions
affected among members of family that caused to To conclude, workplace stress has a negative association
decrease workplace stress’s affect on family. For with faculty member’s family functioning. Individual’s
instance, when their ingroup ties increase, members of high social identification with their family is an effective
their families help and support each other, spend a lot of coping method with workplace stress and, moderates the
time doing things together at home, also work hard at relationship between workplace stress and family
what they do in their home. This feeling of togetherness functioning. Keeping faculty member’s work and family
might lead to them increasing their family ingroup effect life balance is dependent on their social identification
that was expressed they were proud to be a part of their level with family group.
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