The workfamily conflict scale wfc was developed and validated by netemeyer, boles and mcmurrian 1996. The workfamily conflict scale 23 is a short 10item measure. In fact, 18% of valid responses were from women consistently reporting the same value on the 7point likert scale. This paper outlines the development and validation of the workfamily conflict scale wafcs designed to measure worktofamily conflict wfc and familytowork conflict fwc for use with parents of young children. Development and validation of workfamily conflict and. An expert informant and consumer feedback approach was utilised to develop and refine 20 items, which were subjected to a rigorous validation process using two separate samples.
Development and validation of workfamily conflict and familywork conflict scales richard g. Boles georgia state university robert mcmurrian louisiana state university researchers report on a 3sample study that developed and validated short, selfreport. The next set of questions is about your personal experiences of paid work and family life. Workfamily and worklife conflict are forms of interrole conflict that occur when the energy, time, or behavioral demands of the work role conflicts with family or personal life roles.
Workfamily conflict, familywork conflict as predictors. Development and validation of workfamily conflict and family. Thus, the workfamily conflict questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument among malayspeaking working women. Workfamily conflict is a specific form of worklife conflict. The workfamily conflict scale wfcs is one of the most used tools.
Demographics were assessed using the family background questionnaire 25. Pdf the four item scale measures workfamily conflict as a twodirectional process work interference with family and family interference with work find, read and cite all the research. Testing a new model of workrelated nonworkrelated and stressrelated outcomes. A short, valid, predictive measure of work family con ict. Table 2 multi item scale for measuring workfamily, familywork conflict.
Workfamily conflict is of growing importance in society as it has important consequences for work, nonwork, and personal outcomes such as. It has 5 items with a likert scale from strongly disagree 1 to strongly agree 7. The workfamily conflict scale wafcs is a brief 10item scale of workfamily conflict comprising two subscales. Validation study of the malay version of the workfamily conflict. A short, valid, predictive measure of workfamily conflict. The atq is a 30item scale used as a measure of depressive thoughts and behaviors. Barnesfarrell university of connecticut the purpose of this research is to develop an abbreviated version of carlson, kacmar, and williams s 2000 multidimensional measure of work family con ict. Pdf the four item scale measures workfamily conflict as a twodirectional process work interference with family and family interference with.
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