A two-wave cross-lagged study of business travel, work–family conflict, emotional exhaustion, and psychological health complaints
基于挪威一家大型油气公司1702名员工的两波面板数据，发现商务旅行会增加工作-家庭冲突，进而导致情绪耗竭和心理健康抱怨，且这些影响存在双向关系。
By using a two-wave panel design, the present study aimed at studying longitudinally the relation between business travel and work–family conflict (WFC) as well as the reciprocal relationships among WFC, emotional exhaustion, and psychological health complaints. The study was conducted in a large Norwegian oil and gas company (n = 1702), and the company’s business travel database was utilized to examine business travel. The results showed a positive cross-lagged relation between business travel and WFC. In addition, WFC predicted emotional exhaustion over time, whereas emotional exhaustion predicted psychological health complaints over time. Reversed influences also existed, supporting our hypotheses on reciprocal relations. The longitudinal design of the current study makes an important contribution to the research on business travel and employees’ psychological health.