Kossek & Ozeki, JAP, 1998 Presented by: Matthew D. Tuttle

1. Work-Family Conflict, Policies, and the Job-Life Satisfaction Relationship: A Review and Directions for Organizational Behavior-Human Resources Research Kossek & Ozeki, JAP, 1998 Presented by: Matthew D. Tuttle

2. Introduction of Topic • Good explanation of why study should be conducted • Acknowledge existing relationship; results scattered • Goals of MA are clear • Interesting presentation of multiple viewpoints • Role conflict (WFC) and HR Policy

3. Review of Past Research • 3 competing theories of work-family conflict • Helps frame current MA • Not tested as a moderator • Role conflict literature mostly W-->F Conflict • HR policy literature mostly F-->W Conflict • Authors address gaps in both literatures

4. Inclusion Criteria • List of criteria is very specific • Used studies dating back to 60’s- outdated? • Used only published data in academic journals • Results may be inflated • No file drawer analysis conducted • Used H&S to cumulate results within studies • Reduced number of correlations; no thorough explanation • No Inter-Rater Reliability estimates

5. Analyses • Used H&S • Corrected for sampling and measurement error for each individual study • Analyzed weighted and unweighted effect sizes • Many of the subgroup analyses were based on <30 studies • No credibility intervals reported • No type I error control for moderators

6. Results • Results summarized well • Corrected correlations ranged from -.18 to -.37 for job satisfaction and -.25 to -.42 for life satisfaction • Report that bidirectional work-family measures may be best predictor of job sat. • Probably due to sampling error • If not, capitalizing on variance accounted for?

7. Discussion • Excellent summary of findings and what they mean for policy makers • Call for future research on work-family conflict as a mediator between HR policies and satisfaction • Call for future studies to have more heterogeneous samples and more homogeneous measures