@article{ref1,
title="There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so: Informational support and cognitive appraisal of the work‐family interface",
journal="Journal of occupational and organizational psychology",
year="2008",
author="Steenbergen, Elianne F. and Ellemers, Naomi and Haslam, S. Alexander and Urlings, Femke",
volume="81",
number="3",
pages="349-367",
abstract="This paper examines whether cognitive appraisals regarding work-family role combination can be influenced by providing informational support. We conducted an experiment among female employees with young children working in a financial services organization (N=149). Participants received information communicating either a scarcity or an expansion perspective on human energy, prior to completing a survey. In support of our predictions, results showed that employees appraised the task of combining their work and family roles more positively after exposure to an expansion rather than a scarcity message. This research offers new theoretical insights into the role of cognitive appraisal in work-family research and offers scope for designing intervention programs that help employees to view role-combining more positively.<p />",
language="",
issn="0963-1798",
doi="10.1348/096317908X312669",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/096317908X312669"
}