Incongruence Between The Roles Played by Employed Women in Work Family Interface: A Dual Paradigm Approach to Conflict Management

This article seeks to examine the Incongruence between the various roles played by employed women and its effect on work family interface. Work-lifebalance emerged as major issue in impeding the career progression of women. It explores the main barriers to women progression and highlights the long hours and multi-tasking of women associated with her work.

This article shows the variables that underpins women's work-life-balance and an approach to conflict management. It is argued that a strong floor of strategies and rights is still needed to protect the vulnerable population who generally take up lion's share of responsibilities both at work place and at home.

Work-family-conflict of women was examined using a piece of action research conducted in computer organization using quantitative and qualitative methods. Questionnaire were sent directly to employed females n=79. On analysis it was identified that major construct was work to home conflict. A dual approach adopted facilitated a greater understanding of the concept of work-home-conflict that women may use both to develop and to deliver effective interventions and excel in the art of juggling.