Adulthood in teachers of higher education: difference in the management of their work-life balance and organizational commitment
Carla Carvalho,
Ana Pinto,
Paulo Santos Costa,
Pedro Parreira
Affiliations
Carla Carvalho
Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciencias da Educação, Centro de Investigação em Neuropsicologia e Intervenção Cognitivo Comportamental (CINEICC)
Ana Pinto
Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Centre of Business and Economics Research (CEBER), e, Instituto Politecnico de Coimbra, Escola Superior de Educação, Nucleo de Investigação em Ciencias Sociais e Humanas (NICSH)
Paulo Santos Costa
Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E), Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
Pedro Parreira
Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem (UICISA: E), Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
This study aimed to compare the extent to which a sample of Portuguese teachers in Higher Education Institutions, divided into two groups (young adults, ages 20-39 years; and advance adults, ages 40-70 years), differed in the management of their work-life balance and organizational commitment. Data collection was conducted using the Work-Family Scale, the Organizational Commitment Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Between 2012 and 2019, 652 participants were enrolled in the study. Through a multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA, General Linear Model procedure), results suggest that young adult teachers display higher scores of family to work facilitation, while advance adult teachers evidence higher scores of normative commitment. Given the results found, recommendations for Higher Education Institutions were outlined.
