Work-family conflict reflects the competitive relationship between different roles of individuals in work and family fields. In this process, individuals need to allocate time and space, strive to shape effective behavior patterns, meet different role expectations, and strive to achieve positive spillover and compensation between the two fields to cope with the psychological state caused by incompatible role pressures.
There are three main forms of conflict between work and family:
(1) time conflict
That is, various roles occupy each other's time, which makes it difficult for individuals to meet the expectations of roles from work and family in the same time range. For example, because of work needs, individuals can't fulfill family responsibilities such as picking up and dropping off children on time, or can't participate in family activities such as family holidays as scheduled.
(2) Conflicts based on tension.
That is to say, the tension and psychological pressure that individuals have when they are engaged in one role will affect their performance when they are engaged in another role. For example, individuals still feel nervous after returning home because of work pressure and important tasks, which affects their participation in family life; Or, they can't concentrate on their work because they are worried about their families, which leads to inefficiency.
(3) Conflict based on behavior.
That is, when an individual plays a role in work or family, his behavior is incompatible with another role, resulting in conflict. For example, when work style and behavior characteristics are used to face family members, it will cause dissatisfaction of others and form conflicts.