Antecedents and Consequences of Work Family Conflict Team Level Outcomes

Abstract

Research on work-family conflict has shown the severe and far-reaching newlineconsequences of the problem on work and family life of an individual. The newlineexisting literature has not just shown the relationship between work-family newlineconflict and its various antecedent and outcome variables, it has also shown newlinecross-cultural differences in work-family conflict research. Most of the newlineexisting research has explored the issue of work-family conflict in terms of its newlineconsequences on individuals and organisations. Work is being increasingly newlineorganised in the form of teams and there is a clear lack of research linking newlinework-family conflict to specific job design factors. An understanding of this newlinewill help organisations look into the issue of work-family conflict as an newlineimportant predictor of employee performance and work-related attitudes, in newlinespecific work environment. It will also generate insights for employees about newlinethe issue of work-family conflict and its relation to their performance, when newlinethey work in teams. The findings of the study will add to the existing literature newlineon work-family conflict and bridge the existing gap in research literature. newlineIn order to understand the consequences of work-family conflict, the present newlinestudy focuses on team-level consequences of the conflict. The purpose was to newlineprimarily understand the impact of work-family conflict on employees, when newlinethey work in teams in organisations. So, the sample of the study comprised of newlineindividuals working in teams in high-performance work systems, where the newlinejob design was such that it created inter-dependency amongst the members of newlinethe team. Organisations characterised as high-performance work systems were newlinespecifically chosen, as these organisations follow comprehensive recruitment, newlineselection and incentive policies for the employees and the job in such newlineorganisations is highly demanding of the employees time and attention.