Work-life balance culture, work-home interaction, and emotional exhaustion: a structural equation modeling approach.

Objective: To examine the relationships among employees' emotional exhaustion, positive and negative work-home interaction, and perceived work-life balance culture in companies.

Methods: Data for this study were collected through online surveys of employees from companies in the micro- and nanotechnology sectors (N = 509). A structural equation modeling analysis was performed.

Results: A company culture perceived by employees as supportive of their work-life balance was found to have both a direct negative effect on emotional exhaustion and an indirect negative effect meditated by negative work-home interaction. In addition, whereas negative work-home interaction associated positively with emotional exhaustion, positive work-home interaction had no significant effect.

Conclusions: The direct and indirect relationship between work-life balance culture and emotional exhaustion has practical implications for health promotion in companies.