%A Yu,Kun %D 2016 %J Frontiers in Psychology %C %F %G English %K Core self-evaluation,work stress,Career resilience,work-family conflict,Resource Allocation %Q %R 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01579 %W %L %M %P %7 %8 2016-October-13 %9 Original Research %+ Kun Yu,School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China,Beijing, China,yuk@ruc.edu.cn %# %! core self-evaluation and work-family conflict %* %< %T Better and Worse: A Dual-Process Model of the Relationship between Core Self-evaluation and Work-Family Conflict %U https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01579 %V 7 %0 JOURNAL ARTICLE %@ 1664-1078 %X Based on both resource allocation theory (Becker, 1965; Bergeron, 2007) and role theory (Katz and Kahn, 1978), the current study aims to uncover the relationship between core self-evaluation (CSE) and three dimensions of work interference with family (WIF). A dual-process model was proposed, in which both work stress and career resilience mediate the CSE-WIF relationship. The mediation model was tested with a sample of employees from various organizations (N = 561). The results first showed that CSE was negatively related to time-based and strain-based WIF and positively related to behavior-based WIF via the mediation of work stress. Moreover, CSE was positively associated with behavior-based and strain-based WIF via the mediation of career resilience, suggesting that CSE may also have its “dark-side.”