The objective of this research was to investigate the influence of family-work interference and work values on occupational stress. Three instruments were used to collect data: Work Stress Scale, the Work-Family Interaction Scale and the Work Values Scale. The instruments were administered to 237 workers of a banking institution. The results showed that the family-work interference did influence on occupational stress in the sense that higher scores on interference were correlated with higher stress. The authors suggest that family-work interference can directly contribute to the emergence of organizational stressors and influence cognition and affects that can have an impact on the person's perception of job demands as stressors. Work values had no relation with occupational stress. This could be explained by the instrument used to evaluate occupational stress or the importance given to work values in the process of professional choice. Limitations and orientations to future research are pointed.
occupational stress; work values; family-work interference
