Original scientific paper
Salience and conflict of work and family roles among employed men and women
Irena Knežević
; Association of Hearing Impaired People, Zadar, Croatia
Ljiljana Gregov
; Department of Psychology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Ana Šimunić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0476-8415
; Department of Psychology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this research was to determine the salience of work and family roles and to study the connection between role salience and the interference of different types of roles among working men and women. Self-assessment measurement scales were applied. The research involved 206 participants; 103 employed married couples from different regions of Croatia. The results show that roles closely connected to family are considered the most salient. However, men are mostly dedicated behaviourally to the role of a worker. Women dedicate more time and energy to the roles of a spouse, a parent, and a family member whereas men are more oriented towards the leisurite role. The highest level of conflict was perceived when it comes to work disturbing leisure. Gender differences appeared only for work-to-marriage conflict, with men reporting higher conflict than women. The research found proof of only some low correlations between the salience of different types of roles and work-family conflict.
Keywords
role salience; work-family conflicts; gender; spouse; parent; colleague; leisure
Hrčak ID:
159814
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2016.
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