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Managing incidents of work-family conflict: A decision-making perspective
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| Title: | Managing incidents of work-family conflict: A decision-making perspective |
| Authors: | Powell, Gary N.
Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. |
| Keywords: | Work And Family
Conflict
Decision Making
Social Support
Careers |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2006 |
| Publisher: | Sage Publications |
| Citation: | Human Relations, 59(9): pp. 1179-1212, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726706069765 |
| Abstract: | The present study proposed a decision process that people follow in incidents of workfamily
conflict and offered an initial test of factors that may influence their decisions. It
distinguished between decisions regarding the mobilization of social support to avoid conflict,
and decisions regarding participation in a work and/or family activity if the conflict was not
avoided. According to analyses of critical incidents provided by managers and professionals
employed in full-time jobs, decisions were influenced by internal cues reflecting the individual’s
priorities in the conflict situation, role sender cues reflecting the priorities of involved parties in
the individual’s work and family roles, and role activity cues reflecting characteristics of the
specific activities in conflict. Moreover, our findings suggest that the utilization of these cues
often represents an attempt to preserve positive relationships with important role senders in the
work and family domains. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1289 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (Management)
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