creator Pugliese, Stephanie advisor Ayman, Roya The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between work-family conflict, negative affectivity, and leader-member exchange. Survey data was collected from a sample of union employees (n = 358). As hypothesized, leader-member exchange significantly mediated the relationship between negative affectivity and work interfering with family conflict (WIF). Contrary to prediction, leader-member exchange did not mediate the relationship between negative affectivity and family interfering with work conflict (FIW). Discussion of results and implications for practice are provided. In conclusion, this study highlights the importance of leaders in helping employees manage work-family conflict. Submitted by Dana Lamparello (dlampare@iit.edu) on 2012-08-21T19:22:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Pugliese_Thesis.pdf: 650722 bytes, checksum: c208641a41778e9c0a8dcfc74311089c (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2012-08-21T19:22:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pugliese_Thesis.pdf: 650722 bytes, checksum: c208641a41778e9c0a8dcfc74311089c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-05 M.S. in Psychology, May 2012 2012-04-11 2012-05 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2811 en Thesis born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Restricted Access PHYS / Physics Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department