An examination of the literature on conflict between work and family roles suggests that work-family
conflict exists when: (a) time devoted to the requirements of one role makes it difficult …

Work and family. … the purpose of this chapter is to review and evaluate research and theory
that have been directed to understanding the relationship between work and family (PsycINFO …

Changing patterns of work and family life are accompanied by both benefits and constraints.
This book examines these constraints and benefits and discusses their implications for …

… intrusion of family demands on work and work on family (see … ) family tasks and responsibilities
to intrude on their paid work… allow) work to intrude on family time. Moen ( 1983) posits the …

… family and the economy as institutions are linked in broad ways, the specific intersections and
transactions between work and family, between occupations and families … work and family …

… Here, we review and critique linking mechanisms examined in work-family research, and
we translate these mechanisms into causal relationships between specific work and family …

… the work-family nexus. We discuss these developments as the backdrop for emergent work-family
… ; (b) paid work: too much or too little; (c) maternal employment and child outcomes; (d) …

… in the work-family literature. Finally, reflecting the fact that work and family polices became
part … at how public policy, for better and for worse, has addressed the lives of working families. …

… to the work role and low importance to the family role (“Work” … the family role and low
importance to the work role (“Family” … the relationship between gender and work–family conflict. …

This paper critically reviews the theoreticalframeworks currently used to explain the processes
through which work and family are linked, ie, segmentation, compensation, and spillover. …