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Daily family-to-work interruptions increase end-of-workday negative affect and evening emotional exhaustion, with these effects being stronger for individuals—particularly women—who experience higher overall family-to-work conflict and lower schedule autonomy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To examine how daily family-to-work interruptions during remote work drive end-of-workday negative affect and subsequent evening emotional exhaustion, and to identify moderating boundary conditions.

September 2, 2026Human Resource ManagementOpen Access

One of Few or One of Many? The Negative Affective Consequences of Family‐To‐Work Interruptions While Working Remotely

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KMKristie L. McAlpineRutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights MPMatthew M. PiszczekWayne State College SRSumita RaghuramUniversity of Groningen

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Observational study reveals daily family-to-work interruptions increase negative affect and evening emotional exhaustion in remote workers, highlighting the protective buffer of schedule autonomy.

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To examine how daily family-to-work interruptions during remote work drive end-of-workday negative affect and subsequent evening emotional exhaustion, and to identify moderating boundary conditions.
Tracked remote employees across workdays using daily surveys to measure family-to-work interruptions, end-of-workday negative affect, and evening emotional exhaustion.
Tested general perceptions of family-to-work conflict and schedule autonomy as cross-level moderators, with post hoc subgroup analyses examining moderation by gender.
Daily family-to-work interruptions positively predicted end-of-workday negative affect, which in turn significantly elevated evening emotional exhaustion.
The detrimental impact of daily interruptions on negative affect was heightened among employees reporting higher overall family-to-work conflict and lower schedule autonomy.
Gender moderated these dynamics: the exacerbating effect of family-to-work conflict occurred exclusively in women, and schedule autonomy offered substantially greater affective protection for women than for men.

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McAlpine et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e249c562ede874ec661e https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.70096

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Observational study reveals daily family-to-work interruptions increase negative affect and evening emotional exhaustion in remote workers, highlighting the protective buffer of schedule autonomy.

One of Few or One of Many? The Negative Affective Consequences of Family‐To‐Work Interruptions While Working Remotely

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One of Few or One of Many? The Negative Affective Consequences of Family‐To‐Work Interruptions While Working Remotely

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