Lecture 4 Work Life Balance Flashcards
What is work interface with family?
Where the demand of work creates difficulties for home life
Why is it becoming more important to study work life balance?
Because if the increasing proportion of women in the workplace
The idea of a boundary less career
People are working harder and longer
What is family interface with work?
Where the demand of home life creates difficulties for work
What is the inter-role conflict?
The pressures and demands of one role conflicting with the pressures and demands of the other role
What are the three types of conflict that commonly occur?
Time based conflict!
Strain based conflict
Behaviour based conflict
What is time based conflict?
Pressures from one domain make it impossible to meet the pressures from another domain
What is stress based conflict?
The impact of engagement in one Domain reduces the resources (energy) available for the person to meet demands in the other domain
What is behaviour based conflict?
Where someone finds themselves taking on a different role at work from the one they take on at home
What is the OECD?
The organisation for economic cooperation and development
What does OECD do?
Promote policies that will improve the economic and social well being of people around the world
