Spillover and crossover effects of social support through work-family balance: a time-lagged analysis in Italian dyads

Purpose Building on the spillover-crossover model (Bakker and Demerouti, 2013), this study aimed to examine processes through which three forms of social support at work (i.e. from coworkers, supervisor organizational family-friendly) were positively associated with an individual's level work-family balance (spillover effect), latter, one's partner's family life satisfaction (crossover via perception as provided by incumbent person. Design/methodology/approach The authors sampled 369 heterosexual couples using a time-lagged design, surveying t1 t2. Data analyzed structural equation modeling. Findings results showed that coworkers’ family-friendly predicted balance. Furthermore, mediated associations between instrumental support. Moreover, only emotional satisfaction. Originality/value simultaneously examined direct indirect concurrent effect). in line model, adopted systemic approach assessed how is perceived partner latter's