Analysis of responses to work-home interaction as measured by the SWING

Abstract

The primary objective of this study was to analyse the responses of the Survey Work-home Interaction-Nijmegen – (SWING) using the Rasch measurement model. A quantitative, cross-sectional research design was used. Paper-and-pencil copies of the SWING were distributed to heterosexual working couples that lived in the greater Gauteng region in South Africa (n = 318; females = 50%; age range 25 to 65, Black Africans = 35%, various work sectors). The main findings of this study indicate that work-home interaction is a multidimensional construct that can validly be measured by the four SWING subscales: (1) negative work-home interaction; (2) positive work-home interaction; (3) negative home-work interaction; and (4) positive work-home interaction. Further validation work should seek to develop shorter and more efficient measures of SWING subscales.

Keywords:

• Survey Work–home Interaction-Nijmegen
• work–home interaction
• Rasch model
• heterosexual couples
• South Africa