Life In Organizations
Careers
AM I EXPERIENCING WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT?
Identify the degree to which you agree or disagree with the eight statements by using the following rating scale:
1 = Strongly disagree
2 = Inclined to disagree
3 = Neither agree or disagree
4 = Inclined to agree
5 = Strongly agree
  1. My work schedule often conflicts with my family life.
    1 2 3 4 5

  2. After work, I come home too tired to do some of the things I'd like to do.
    1 2 3 4 5

  3. On the job I have so much work to do that it takes away from my personal interests.
    1 2 3 4 5

  4. My family dislikes how often I am preoccupied with my work while I am home.
    1 2 3 4 5

  5. Because my work is demanding, at times I am irritable at home.
    1 2 3 4 5

  6. The demands of my job make it difficult to be relaxed all the time at home.
    1 2 3 4 5

  7. My work takes up time that I'd like to spend with my family.
    1 2 3 4 5

  8. My job makes it difficult to be the kind of spouse or parent I'd like to be.
    1 2 3 4 5


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Source: R.E. Kopelman, J.H. Greenhaus, and T.F. Connolly, "A Model of Work, Family, and Interrole Conflict: A Construct Validation Study," Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, October 1983, pp. 198-215.