Work or family: Tottering on the brink of an Inter-Role conflict

The study attempts to apprehend Work-family conflict, an inter-role conflict, and scrutinise the relationship inter-role conflict has with demographic factors-gender, age, and marital status. It also aims to bring forth the repercussions of inter-role conflict by reviewing the enduring literature. The data for the study were collected from the employees of a state-owned organisation in the energy sector (n = 57) using self-administered questionnaires. The results demonstrate while various age groups and marital status significantly influence the level of inter-role conflict faced by the employees, gender doesn‘t. Moreover, the two forms of Work-family conflict-work to family conflict and family to work conflict-are positively correlated. Eventually, the study of extant literary works shows that the numerous undesirable conditions and experiences accompany and follow Work-Family conflict. Organisations struggling vigorously to progress in a competitive and unpredictable business environment don‘t have the resources to bear the physically and psychologically exhausted work force owing to the inter-role conflict. Therefore, organisations must fulfil the ethical responsibility of ensuring wellbeing and health of the employees in the organisation, by curbing the menace of work-family conflict.