4. work life balance Flashcards
Work- family conflict (WFC) has been defined as
“a form of inter-role conflict in which role pressures from the work and family domains are mutually incompatible in some respect”
Weinberg and Cooper (2011), the challenges of the work-family relationship are an integral part of
“the nature of modern working”
Conflict or tension at work, or in the family can be the result of
role overload or role interference when there is not enough time or energy to meet the commitments of multiple roles, or the expectations and demands if the two roles conflict
Duxbury and Higgins also state that for workers with family responsibilities
time appears to be the major constraint - time for children, time with partners, elderly parents, household chores, personal leisure and meeting the demands of work.
WLB involves the implementation of work policies that do not interfere with
an employee’s home life
WLB is defined as the
“accomplishment of role-related expectations that are negotiated and shared between an individual and his or her role-related partners in the work and family domains”
WLB is about responding to an individual’s circumstances to help them fulfil their responsibilities and aspirations, and in turn,
result in mutual benefits to the individual, business and society at large
Chandra (2012) states that people have a personal responsibility towards
managing and prioritising work and family demands (Caproni 2004; Lewis, 2003)
Individuals need to figure out and decide for themselves whether their behaviour is driven by:
Personal fulfilment
Work fulfilment
Fulfilment of one’s role as spouse and parent and/or
Fulfilment of one’s role as a responsible citizen.
Most employers want women to
take some time off, rest, and look after their babies after childbirth. At the same time, employers want women to get back to work as soon as they can
Although women’s desire to pursue a career has increased, especially among the higher educated, there is a concern that women experience
heightened work-family conflict because of enduring differences in sociological roles between the genders
fathers who take paternity leave are more likely to take
an active role in child-care tasks, and that this early interaction has longer-term benefits for a child’s learning abilities
