Quantifying work-family conflict among registered nurses

Joseph G. Grzywacz; Michael R. Frone; Carol S. Brewer; Christine T. Kovner

doi:10.1002/nur.20133

Quantifying work-family conflict among registered nurses

Joseph G. Grzywacz, Michael R. Frone, Carol S. Brewer, Christine T. Kovner

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Abstract

Work-family conflict is challenging for nurses and the nursing profession. Still unclear is how frequently nurses experience work-family conflict and which nurses experience it most frequently. We document the prevalence and frequency of work-family conflict and describe the demographic predictors of frequent work-family conflict. Nurses reported greater work interference with family than family interference with work. Fifty percent of nurses reported chronic work interference with family (occurring at least once a week); another 41% reported episodic work interference with family (occurring less than 1-3 days per month). In contrast, 52% of nurses reported episodic family interference with work, and 11% reported chronic family interference with work. Few demographic characteristics predicted either work interference with family or family interference with work.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	414-426
Number of pages	13
Journal	Research in Nursing and Health
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20133
State	Published - Oct 2006

Keywords

Conflict
Employment
Family relations
Nurses
Work-family conflict
Working women

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General Nursing

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