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32 SES 11 B, Organizing Family: Work-family Conflicts and Professional Support
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Contribution
Most families with children experience stress and strain when they are trying to match family life with successful career. Researchers have measured work–family conflict in many ways ant there are a lot of studies trying to explain main stressors and possibilities to minimize or avoid them (Carlson et al, 2000; Kim & Ling, 2001; Carlson & Kacmar, 2002; Ahman, 2008 etc.). Family-work conflicts are usually generated with the appearance of children, when parents have to reconcile family and professional responsibilities.
Work family conflict definition was formulated by Greenhaus in 1980s. Kopelman, Greenhaus and Connolly (1983) defined inter-role conflict as the extent to which a person experiences pressures within one role that are incompatible with the pressures that arise within another role. Greenhaus and Beutell (1985) identified three types of the work-family conflict: time-based conflict, strain-based conflict, and behavior-based conflict.
„Time-based conflict may occur when time devoted to one role makes it difficult to participate in another role, strain-based conflict suggests that strain experienced in one role intrudes into and interferes with participation in another role“ (Carlson et al, 2000, p. 250). Behavior-based conflict occurs when behavior at work place must be specific and it doesn’t match expectations and behavior at home.
The aim of the study is to identify main source of work-family and family-work conflict in specific cultural context.
The financial support provided by the Research Council of Lithuania for the research and proof-reading of English language is gratefully acknowledged (Project Reg. No. MIP-075/2014).
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References
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