Sources of work-family conflict among two-career couples

Jeffrey H. Greenhaus; Saroj Parasuraman; Cherlyn Skromme Granrose; Samuel Rabinowitz; Nicholas J. Beutell

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(89)90010-9

Sources of work-family conflict among two-career couples

Jeffrey H. Greenhaus, Saroj Parasuraman, Cherlyn Skromme Granrose, Samuel Rabinowitz, Nicholas J. Beutell

Camden School of Business

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This study examined different types of work domain pressures as sources of work-family conflict among two-career couples. Data gathered from a matched sample of 119 men and 119 women who were partners in a two-career relationship provided strong support for the influence of work role stressors on two forms of work-family conflict, time-based conflict and strain-based conflict. The impact of task characteristics and work salience on work-family conflict was somewhat stronger for women than for men. In addition, there were significant interactions between partners' job involvement on men's level of time-based conflict and between partners career priority on men's level of strain-based conflict. The implications of the findings for additional research on work-family conflict were discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	133-153
Number of pages	21
Journal	Journal of Vocational Behavior
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-8791(89)90010-9
State	Published - Apr 1989

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