Waumsley, Julie A., Houston, Diane M., Marks, Gillian (2010) What about Us? Measuring the Work-Life Balance of People Who Do Not Have Children. Review of European Studies, 2 (2). pp. 3-17. ISSN 1918-7173. (doi:10.5539/res.v2n2p3) (KAR id:28599)
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Abstract
To date, the work-family literature has examined conflict between work and family and family and work. In this research the use of the word “family” usually denotes child-care responsibilities. Furthermore, scales developed to measure conflict have concentrated on a family structure defined in this way. Little is known about conflict between work and non-work experienced by people who do not live within a family structure that includes children. The aim of this paper is to examine whether existing work-family and family-work conflict measures might be adapted to measure work-life conflict and life-work conflict for full-time female workers (N = 940) with and without children. Results suggest that a work-family conflict scale may not adequately measure the conflicts experienced by people who do not live within a family structure that involves children. The implications of these findings are further discussed with suggestions concerning the feasibility of using a generic work-life scale to measure work-life balance and a specific work-family scale to measure work-family balance.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.5539/res.v2n2p3 |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Diane Houston |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2012 16:48 UTC |
Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2023 11:32 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/28599 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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