Work-Family Conflict in the European Union: The Impact of Organizational and Public Facilities

Today, as an increasing share of women and men is involved in both paid tasks at work and unpaid care tasks for children and other relatives, more people are at risk of work-family conflict, which can be a major threat to well-being and mental, but also physical health. Both organizations and govern...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2019-11, Vol.16 (22), p.4419
Main Authors: Remery, Chantal, Schippers, Joop
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Child
Child care
Children
Children & youth
Empathy
Employment
European Union
Families & family life
Family Conflict
Female
Flexibility
Generations
Geriatrics
Humans
Labor market
Male
Maternity & paternity leaves
Middle Aged
Public Facilities
Siblings
Surveys and Questionnaires
Women
Work life balance
Working conditions
Working hours
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Summary:Today, as an increasing share of women and men is involved in both paid tasks at work and unpaid care tasks for children and other relatives, more people are at risk of work-family conflict, which can be a major threat to well-being and mental, but also physical health. Both organizations and governments invest in arrangements that are meant to support individuals in finding a balance between work and family life. The twofold goal of our article was to establish the level of work-family conflict in the member states of the European Union by gender and to analyze to what extent different arrangements at the organizational level as well the public level help to reduce this. Using the European Working Conditions Survey supplemented with macro-data on work-family facilities and the economic and emancipation climate in a country, we performed multilevel analyses. Our findings show that the intensity of work-family conflict does not vary widely in EU28. In most countries, men experience less work-family conflict than women, although the difference is small. Caring for children and providing informal care increases perceived work-life conflict. The relatively small country differences in work-family conflict show that different combinations of national facilities and organizational arrangements together can have the same impact on individuals; apparently, there are several ways to realize the same goal of work-family conflict reduction.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph16224419