Identifying Work-Family Conflict Among IT Employees of Infopark, Kochi, Kerala

Abstract

Work-family conflict is a term which needs to be assessed by modern organizations in order to bring about a work life balance among employees. Work family conflict is a bidirectional aspect which comprises of work to family conflict as well as family to work conflict. Work-family conflict and Family-work conflict are inter-role conflicts where in involvement in one role creates problems in the other role. Conflict as we know in work or family can create chaos in such a way that it will affect organizational climate as well as family harmony. As work and family are two centres of attention for an adult, research must be conducted in this regard. This study was conducted among 106 IT employees at Infopark, Kochi. The study concluded that there is a significant difference with respect to demographic variables ‘age’, ‘gender’, ‘educational qualification’ ‘marital status and ‘parental status’ and Work-family conflict variables. There was a high positive correlation seen between Work-family conflict variables.

Keyword:. Demographic variables, Work-family Conflict, Work issues.