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Organization of Work: Work-Family Conflict

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Work-Family Conflict

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ID = 098

Content Area(s)

  • Work schedules (work hours)
  • Role strain (or uncertainty)
  • Work-family interface

Instrument Type

Questionnaire

Occupation and Sector Specificity

Occupation(s): Generic

Sector(s): Generic

Name and Size of Work Organization and/or Workplace Psychosocial

Time-based family to work conflict (3 items)

Time-based work to family conflict (3 items)

Other Content Areas Included in the Instrument

Strain-based family to work conflict (3 items)

strain-based work to family conflict (3 items)

behavior-based work to family conflict (3 items)

behavior-based family to work conflict (3 items)

Developmental Status of the Instrument

Development completed; one or more evaluations completed.

Languages

Original: English

Other: unknown

Reliability and Validity Information (or Relevant Citation)

Reliability: Coefficient alpha 0.78 to 0.87.

Validation properties can be found in the following article: Carlson DS, Kacmar KM &Williams LJ (2000) Construction and initial validation of a multi-dimensional measure of work-family conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 56(2): 249-276.

Selected Reference

Carlson DS, Kacmar KM, Grzywacz J &Wayne-Holliday J. (in press) Measuring the positive side of the work-family interface: Development and validation of a work-family facilitation scale. Journal of Vocational Behavior.Work-Family Conflict

Accessibility of the Instrument

Public Domain

User Fees

None

Where to Obtain a Copy of the Instrument

The instrument can be found in Table 2 (p. 260) of the following article: Carlson DS, Kacmar KM &Williams LJ (2000) Construction and initial validation of a multi-dimensional measure of work-family conflict. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 56(2): 249-276.