Work demands and resources and the work-family interface: Testing a salience model on German service sector employees

The present study tested an extended version of Voydanoffs "differential salience comparable salience model" in a sample of German service workers. Our findings par support the model in a different national/cultural context but also yielded some divei findings with respect to within-domain resources and boundary-spanning demands. In with the theoretical framework, work-to-home interference (WHI) mainly occurred becat high work demands and not because of a lack of work resources. Boundary-spanning resot yielded comparable potential to reduce WHI and enhance work-to-home enrichment ON WHE was expected to more likely occur due to the activation of work resources rather tha absence of work demands. However, control over one's work did not have a significant in on WHE. In addition and contrary to the theoretical model, boundary-spanning demands found to be differentially rather than comparably salient to the work-family interface. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved