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Work-family conflict (and family-work conflict) are both linked with a variety of negative outcomes for workers. But as technology becomes omnipresent in peoples’ lives, the line between work and home continues to blur. What effect does this have on well being and job performance? Will people burn out faster than ever before?
Balancing the demands of work and responsibilities of the family is an ongoing concern in organisations. We are in the busiest era. Gone are the days of scheduled work hours. With the technology advancement today, such as cell phones with pinging and instant messaging, wireless internet access, and the mobile office following us wherever we go, it is easier to take the office on the road when we travel, even …show more content…
It is the occurrence of irreconcilable demands between the work and family roles of an individual that makes it difficult for the individual to perform in both the spheres. Theories suggest a bi-directional existence of the conflict between work and family. The two directions here are work-to-family conflict and the family-to-work conflict. Work-to-family conflict occurs when work related responsibilities interfere with family responsibilities. These include, work overload, extensive, inflexible, or irregular work hours. Conversely, family-to-work conflict occurs when family responsibilities intrude into the work activities. Both the types of conflict have been negatively related to employees’ satisfaction (Neteyer et al., …show more content…
They have found technology as a source of maintaining work-family balance.
As the consequence of work-family conflict, De Janasz (2007), found that the conflict of work and family may lower job satisfaction and it may decrease the organisational commitment (Heraty, Morley, Cleveland, 2008). It is widely known that the conflict between work and family has adverse effects’ on employees’ health and well being (Kinnunen, Feldt, Geurts, & Pulkkinen, 2006; Noor, 2003).
According to a survey in US in 2012, 45.4% of the physicians there reported to experience professional burnout, which can lead to negative impacts such as broken relationships, alcohol use and suicidal
Work-family conflict (and family-work conflict) are both linked with a variety of negative outcomes for workers. But as technology becomes omnipresent in peoples’ lives, the line between work and home continues to blur. What effect does this have on well being and job performance? Will people burn out faster than ever before?
Balancing the demands of work and responsibilities of the family is an ongoing concern in organisations. We are in the busiest era. Gone are the days of scheduled work hours. With the technology advancement today, such as cell phones with pinging and instant messaging, wireless internet access, and the mobile office following us wherever we go, it is easier to take the office on the road when we travel, even …show more content…
It is the occurrence of irreconcilable demands between the work and family roles of an individual that makes it difficult for the individual to perform in both the spheres. Theories suggest a bi-directional existence of the conflict between work and family. The two directions here are work-to-family conflict and the family-to-work conflict. Work-to-family conflict occurs when work related responsibilities interfere with family responsibilities. These include, work overload, extensive, inflexible, or irregular work hours. Conversely, family-to-work conflict occurs when family responsibilities intrude into the work activities. Both the types of conflict have been negatively related to employees’ satisfaction (Neteyer et al., …show more content…
They have found technology as a source of maintaining work-family balance.
As the consequence of work-family conflict, De Janasz (2007), found that the conflict of work and family may lower job satisfaction and it may decrease the organisational commitment (Heraty, Morley, Cleveland, 2008). It is widely known that the conflict between work and family has adverse effects’ on employees’ health and well being (Kinnunen, Feldt, Geurts, & Pulkkinen, 2006; Noor, 2003).
According to a survey in US in 2012, 45.4% of the physicians there reported to experience professional burnout, which can lead to negative impacts such as broken relationships, alcohol use and suicidal