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Definition:
Any situation in which two or more roles are at least partially incompatible, either because they call for different behaviors or because their separate demands add up to more hours than there are in the day. p.416 HGD Chapter 5, p.416

Examples:
Role conflicts are very commonly seen in middle-aged adults because they are known as the "Sandwich Generation"- meaning they are in the middle of taking care of two generations they love very much (their parents and their children).

Role conflict happens, for example, when a middle-aged father must choose between helping his aging parents with financial or health problems and attending his teenaged son's football game.

A manager must decide to fire an employee who he has become very close with over the years.

Analogies:
Role conflict is like making tough decisions.

Mnemonics
R - Really O - Offering L - Love E - Everywhere

In the News:
=The Relationship Between Work/Nonwork Role Conflict and Job-Related Outcomes: Some Unanticipated Findings =

 [|+] Author Affiliations Abstract This study investigated the relationship between multiple dimensions of work/non-work role conflict and four personal and job-related outcomes. It was predicted that the work! non-work role conflict variables would be negatively related to job and life satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment. Results indicated that various aspects of role conflict are significantly related to work outcomes, but not always in the expected fashion. Specifically, conflict between job and family roles was negatively associated with satisfaction measures as predicted, but was positively related to job involvement and organizational commitment. The findings suggest that certain job-related attitudes may result in increased levels of inter-role conflict. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
 * 1)   [|Donna L. Wiley]  [|1]
 * 1)   1 California State University, Hayward

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