The relationship between family-to-work conflict of employee and co-workersʹʹ turnover intention

Previous studies have convincingly shown that employeesʹ family lives can affect their work outcomes. We investigate whether family-to-work conflict (FWC) experienced by the employee also affects the turnover intention of a co-worker. We predict that the employeeʹs FWC has an effect on the co-workerʹs turnover intention through the crossover of positive and negative work attitudes. Using a sample of 154 co-worker dyads, we found that the employee FWC was positively related to co-worker turnover intention through the crossover of (reduced) work engagement. Results show that family matters at work, affecting employee. In addition, employeeʹs job engagement was positively related to his (her) co-worker job engagement and it was negatively related co-worker turnover intention and employeeʹs FWC was not positively related to co-worker turnover intention trough the crossover of (reduced) feelings of engagement.