Journal article
Multiple Aspects of Work-Family Conflict
Sociological focus (Kent, Ohio), Vol.32(3), pp.265-285
08/01/1999
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/124534
Abstract
In this paper, I examine the effects of respondents' job and family attributes on work-family conflict. This paper builds on previous research by examining three different types of job-to-home spillover: job responsibilities preventing workers from 1) doing usual housework, 2) attending family occasions and 3) caring for a sick child or relative. This paper also examines whether these determinants are the same for working men and women. I predict that respondents with highly demanding jobs will be more likely to experience work-family conflict than those with less demanding jobs. Likewise, those with more family demands will have more conflict. These hypotheses are developed and tested with data from the 1996 General Social Survey Gender Module. The results indicate that the determinants of job-to-home spillover vary across the measures of job-to-home spillover used in the study, yet the conditions under which women and men have job-to-home spillover are remarkably similar.
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- Title
- Multiple Aspects of Work-Family Conflict
- Creators
- Julie A Kmec - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Sociological focus (Kent, Ohio), Vol.32(3), pp.265-285
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 99900669210201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article