Occupational Psychology

2. Group Members
Miss. Suluxshana Peter
Miss. Jeevini Mahendrran
Miss. Thithus Shorolin Coonghe
Mr. Paramashivam Arulrajan
Mr. Wickramarajasingam Parasuraman
Mr. Selvarajah Thiruchchelvakumar
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3. Work-life balance gained importance in the recent
past, especially in the developing countries. Work-life
balance affects both the genders.
In case of females married women are the most
affected by the issue of work-life balance since they
have to play multiple roles and it becomes difficult
for them to strike a perfect balance between work
and family.
The expression of work life balance was first use in
the middle of 1970s to describe the balance between
an individual’s work and personal life.
Introduction

4. Working women in the early 70’s raised the issue of
work-life balance in UK. In the early 90’s work-life
balance was considered as one of the main human
resource management issue (Bird, 2006).
Thus the concept of work-life balance has become
a key issue for social and economic policy makers,
employers and social researchers. The concept of
work-life balance emerged due to the high
performance culture of the organization which
demands more from its employees
Introduction cont..

5. Definition
Work - family conflict occurs
when there are incompatible
demands between the work and
family roles of an individual that
makes participation in both roles
more difficult.

6. Directions of Work -Family
conflict
Work To Family Conflict
Family To Work Conflict

7. Work To Family Conflict
It occurs when work demands
prevents one to satisfy their family
needs such as long work hours, travel
and so. Work disturbs family.

8. Family To Work Conflict
It occurs when family
responsibilities
cause degradation of work
performance.
Negative influence
of family in
work environment.

9. Types of Work- Family conflict
Time based
Behavior based
Stress based

10. Types & Directions
Time based
Behavior based
Stress based
 Work to Family
 Family To Work
 Work to Family
 Family To Work
 Work to Family
 Family To Work

11. Factors influencing Work- Family conflict
Factors which are the core reasons for the rise
of Work-Family conflict are categorized into
three sectors in order to make things to be
more understandable.
Individual factors
Family based factors
Organizational factors

12. Individual factors..
 Inadequate education and experience
 High gender difference
 Negative Attitude
 Lack of Good Personality
 Lack of time management
 No proper planning of doing things
 Inability to adjust for changes
 Lack of internal locus of control
 Varying individuals values
 Lack of efficiency and activeness
 Lack of listening to others’ opinions

13. Family based factors..
 Attitude of family members towards the individual
 Misunderstanding among family members
 Children and elder caring problems
 Physical ability of family members
 Number of family dependents
 Unsupportive family members
 Parents separated from children
 Unavailability of job sharing
 Higher cost of living
 Cultural value issues
 Mixed family roles

14. Organizational factors..
 Unsupportive supervisors and co-workers
 Grater work demands or Over load
 Conflicting interpersonal relationships
 Not enough salary and benefits
 Discrimination and harassment
 Inflexible work schedules
 Long job related travels
 Work role ambiguity
 Poor working conditions
 Low job security
 Competition

15. Results of work family conflict
 Possibility of getting negative impacts from people
 Job dissatisfaction and turnover
 Unhealthy family relationship
 Loss of personal values among the society
 Cannot like what he/she doing
 Loss of entertainment and happiness of life
 Lack of commitment and dedication
 Unable to move to higher positions
 Frequent job changes
 Lack of productivity
 Mental stress

16. Minimizing Work- Family conflict
It is very necessary to eradicate work- family conflict
from every individual as it causes negative
consequences to not only the individual
himself/herself but also the people around him/her.
An individual cannot control it alone.
As it is caused by three kind of factors, it should be
controlled by using the same particular three
kind of factors such as
individual, family based and
organizational factors.

17. Individual factors to minimize..
 Proper time management
 Planning each and every day
 Understanding others and coping with others
 Be clear about what is being perceived
 Separating the problem from the person
 Open and qualitative communication
 Acting reasonably
 Be willing to compromise
 Always concentrating on what you are doing
 Always think before speaking and doing
 Creating positive attitude

18. Family based factors to minimize..
Sharing of family responsibilities
Forget workplace while in home
Caring each and every family member
Respecting family members’ opinions
Satisfying family’s needs at certain level
Give proper importance to the family
Being responsible for family roles
Forgiving and forgetting mistakes
Be easy to talk to

19. Organizational factors to minimize..
 Better working environment
 Flexible work schedules
 Assigning tasks appropriate to the employee
 Providing benefits and welfare services
 Providing entertainment facilities
 Better support from superiors, peers and
subordinates
 Respecting employee’s requests
 Giving certain extent of freedom

20. Benefits on the whole
Greater efficiency in both individual and organization
Friendly and peaceful environment
Greater life and job satisfaction
Possibility of good attitude and personality
Organizational goodwill
Stress-free life
Having great time for leisure and take care of others
High productivity
Family and life enrichment

21. Conclusion
On the whole Work- Family conflict is not a myth and
it is a common factor which is unavoidable in
an individual which should be eliminated
from the individual in order to obtain
or show off maximum output from
him/her. If proper steps are made,
then it is not a matter to care
about imbalance among
family and work environment.

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