Work-family conflict and stress
Citation
Export citationBrough, P. & O’ Driscoll, M. (2005). Work-family conflict and stress. In A. - S. G. Antoniou & C. L. Cooper (Eds.), Research Companion to Organizational Health Psychology (pp. 346-365). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
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Abstract
Over the past twenty years, increasing attention has been paid by researchers and organizations to the interface between people’s work and their family lives. In 1977, Rosabeth Kanter argued that the notion that work and life off the job are separate worlds is a ‘myth’. Since then there has been a growing volume to research on the interaction between job or work demands are experiences and family life. The burgeoning literature on this topic can be attributed to a variety of reasons, including changing family structures, with a significant increase in the number of dual-earner families and single-parent families; changing family orientations, with many couples now delaying the onset of children and also reducing the overall number of children; increasing participation of women in the workforce to the point where in many Western countries, in particular, employed women now out-number their male colleagues; and finally, a greater desire to achieve some kind of ‘balance’ between work and family responsibilities, to enhance both individual and family well-being.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
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