In the limited qualitative research about families who have placed a family member in a nursing home, conflict is identified as a significant problem (Lashewicz & Keating, 2009; Lashewicz et al., 2007). Whether it is related to absence of filial responsibility on the part of adult children, (Ganong & Coleman, 2005; Piercy, 1998), adult child ambivalence (Bengtson et al., 2002; Lüscher & Pillemer, 1998), female and male gender caregiving roles (Spitze & Trent, 2006; Dayton-Ingersoll, 2003; Aronson, 1992), differences in levels of commitment on the part of adult children to assist older parents (Silverstein et al., 2008), adult children being overly assertive - exercising undue influence - when caring for an older parent (Lashewicz & Keating, 2009; Hall, 2005; Soden, 2005), family history (Brody, 1998; Merrill, 1997; Leder, 1993; Bedford, 1992; Matthews & Tarler-Rossner, 1988), family size and/or sibling composition (Davey & Szinovacz, 2008; Matthews, 2002; Wolf et al., 1997) or the geographical proximity of adult children to an aging parent (Dillman et al., 2012; Pillemer & Suitor, 2006; Roff et al., 2007; Stern, 1995) situational caregiving factors leading up to, during, and after nursing home placement can be the source of considerable family conflict. Utilizing modified transcendental phenomenology (Cooper, 2010; Lindseth & Norberg, 2004; Pollio et al., 1997), this research is based on fifteen-structured interviews (Rubin & Rubin, 2012; van den Hoonard, 2012; Bernard & Ryan, 2010; Berg, 2009; Esterberg, 2002) with adult women who live in central and northwestern New Brunswick, Canada who have experienced interpersonal conflict in their family prior to, during, and after placing a family member in a nursing home. The three questions that guide this study are: How does conflict occur within families who have placed a family member in a nursing home? Utilizing modified transcendental phenomenology, how can we better understand conflict in families who have placed a family member in a nursing home? What kind of conflict resolution practices and social policies can be put into place to assist families should they experience conflict as a result of nursing home placement? The findings of this study can be explained through the application of developmental theory where sociological factors are said to be significant in connection with family development (Rodgers & White, 1993; Hill, 1964; Duvall, 1957), life span theory where life-span psychology, biology, and sociology facilitates changes in the family unit (Heckhausen, 2010; Bengtson & Allen, 1993; Aldous, 1990), social psychological equity theory where conflict occurs, typically, but not exclusively, in families where there is more than one adult child, because of a perceived existing inequity in caring for an older parent both prior to, during, and after nursing home placement (Dayton-Ingersoll, 2002; Walster et al., 1978; Adams, 1965), intersectionality theory where various dimensions of many categories define the social reality of caregivers (McCall, 2005), and multi-level family conflict theory (Canary & Canary, 2013) where four interconnected levels, ranging from the micro level to the macro level describe family conflict. Interpersonal family conflict can damage relationships when interpersonal communication breaks down (Katz et al. 2011; Koerner & Fitzpatrick, 2006). Interpersonal communication is significant as it is "...the process by which people interactively create, sustain, and manage meaning..." (Dainton & Zelley,1994, p. 2). Interpersonal conflict theory argues "... that interpersonal conflict is related to lower levels of relational functioning ..." (Roloff & Chiles, 2011, p. 429). With the application of these six theories, we must then determine what kind of conflict resolution practices and social policies can be put into place to best assist families should they experience conflict in connection with nursing home placement.

Em uma sociedade, onde a competitividade empresarial encontra-se acirrada e a força de trabalho tende a ser cada vez mais diversificada, na qual as mulheres ocupam importante espaço no mundo profissional, as organizações necessitam adotar estratégias que propiciem, além da lucratividade, um ambiente saudável que priorize o bem-estar das pessoas que delas fazem parte. Nesse contexto, a busca do equilíbrio entre o trabalho e a vida pessoal é uma questão a ser enfrentada por todas as empresas. Dessa forma, essa pesquisa teve por objetivo propiciar um entendimento sobre a atuação de algumas empresas do setor eletroeletrônico de Caxias do Sul em relação ao conflito trabalho-família que pode afetar as mulheres trabalhadoras. O método científico que norteou a pesquisa foi o fenomenológico proposto por Husserl, sendo que esta ocorreu em duas etapas. A primeira etapa da pesquisa foi de caráter exploratório e teve uma abordagem qualitativa. Portanto, voltou-se para a coleta de informações relativas às empresas através de entrevistas semi-estruturadas a fim de verificar os seus posicionamentos quanto ao uso de práticas de suporte instrumental, visando minimizar o conflito trabalho-família, sendo a análise de conteúdo utilizada para esse fim. Na segunda etapa, foi utilizada a concepção descritiva da pesquisa, sendo a abordagem quantitativa. Nesta etapa, foi realizada a coleta de informações por parte das funcionárias, de forma a levantar o perfil sociodemográfico das mesmas e investigar a ocorrência do fenômeno conflito trabalho-família, utilizando-se o método de survey. A população foi composta por quatro empresas fabricantes de eletroeletrônicos de Caxias do Sul, e as amostras configuraram-se como não-probabilística por julgamento e probabilística do tipo amostragem estratificada proporcional. Como resultados, observou-se que as empresas estudadas adotam tais práticas, motivadas principalmente, pela busca de satisfação dos funcionários, redução dos índices de rotatividade e absenteísmo e aumento da produtividade. Identificou-se a ocorrência do conflito trabalho-família entre as funcionárias e um efeito positivo resultante do uso das práticas de suporte instrumental, contribuindo para minimizar esse fenômeno. / In a society, where the competitiveness of the enterprise is growing and the work force tends more to be each time diversified, in which the women occupy important space in the professional world, the organizations needs to adopt strategies that they propitiate, beyond the profitability, a healthful environment that prioritizes well-being of the people who of them are part. In this context, the search of balance between work and personal life is a question to be faced by all the companies. Therefore, this research had for objective to propitiate an understanding on the performance of some companies of the electric appliances sector of Caxias do Sul in relation with the conflict work-family which can affect the feminine workforce. The scientific method that guided the research was phenomenological, as proposed by Husserl, and occurred in two stages. The first stage of the research had an exploratory character and had a qualitative approach. It was realized data collection on the companies through half-structuralized interviews in order to verify their positioning on the use of practical of instrumental support, aiming at minimizing the conflict work-family. In the second stage of the research was used a descriptive conception of the research through a quantitative approach. In this stage, a collection of information on the part of the employees was carried through, in a way to raise their socio-demographic profile and to investigate the occurrence of the work-family conflict phenomenon, using the survey method. The population is composed of four companies which manufacture electric appliances of Caxias do Sul and the samples were configured as non judgment probability and proportional stratified probabilistic sample. As results, it was observed that the studied companies adopt practices motivated mainly by the search of satisfaction for their employees, the reduction of the rotativity and absenteeism indices and the increase in productivity. Occurrence of the conflict work-family was identified between the employees and a positive effect resulting of the use of the practices of instrumental support contributed to minimize this phenomenon.

Les transformations du monde du travail, dues à la mondialisation, se font principalement au profit de l’efficacité et l’efficience des entreprises. Ces changements, touchant aussi l’organisation du travail, ne sont pas sans effets sur la santé des travailleurs. Cette étude traite principalement de l’effet des horaires atypiques sur la santé mentale des travailleurs. Elle a pour objectifs 1) d’étudier l’association entre l’horaire atypique et les problèmes de santé mentale chez les travailleurs ; 2) d’explorer l’effet du conflit travail-famille, des demandes psychologiques et de l’autorité décisionnelle sur la santé mentale des travailleurs. Cette étude est basée sur un échantillon de 2 162 participants de l’enquête SALVEO, qui est une des plus importantes études réalisées sur la santé mentale et le travail au Canada. Préalablement, des analyses descriptives ont été effectués afin de dresser le portrait de la population à l’étude et de comparer la prévalence des problèmes de santé mentale chez les travailleurs. Afin de tester les hypothèses, des analyses de corrélation bivariée et de régression logistique ont été réalisées. Les résultats nous ont montré que les horaires atypiques n’ont pas d’association directe sur la santé mentale des travailleurs. Cependant, l’horaire atypique est associé à des problèmes de santé mentale. Le conflit travail-famille et les demandes psychologiques tendent à augmenter le risque de développer des problèmes de santé mentale, et inversement pour l’autorité décisionnelle. / The changes in the world of work due to globalization are mainly for the benefit of the effectiveness and efficiency of enterprises. These changes, which also affect the work organization, are not without effects on the health of workers. This thesis focuses on the effect of non-standard work schedules on the mental health of workers. Its objectives are 1) to study the association between non-standard schedules and mental health problems among workers; and 2) to explore the effect of work-family conflict, psychological demands, and decision latitude on workers' mental health. This study is based on a sample of 2,162 participants from the SALVEO survey, which is one of the most important mental health studies conducted in Canada. Preliminary, descriptive analyses were conducted in order to draw up a portrait of the study population and compare the prevalence of mental health problems among workers. In order to refute or confirm the hypotheses put forward, bivariate correlation and logistic regression analyses were carried out. All analyses were performed using version 25 of the SPSS software. The results showed us that non-standard schedules have no direct effect on the mental health of workers. However, people working non-standard schedules are at greater risk of developing mental health problems compared to those working standard schedules. Work-family conflict and psychological demands tend to increase the risk of developing mental health problems, while decision-making latitude has the opposite effect.

L’hôpital public est une organisation qui connait de nombreuses transformations pour favoriser l’efficacité et l’efficience des soins. De nouvelles organisations du travail sont mises en place accompagnées de nouvelles règles de gestion comme la tarification à l’activité (T2A), qui vise à optimiser l’offre de soins tout en permettant un financement par les activités hospitalières. Ces évolutions ont des impacts potentiellement négatifs sur la gestion des ressources humaines. Aujourd’hui, les professionnels hospitaliers en particulier les soignants, majoritairement féminins, doivent faire face à une augmentation de l’activité hospitalière, à la pression du temps, aux contraintes horaires etc.Ces difficultés, que rencontrent les soignants au travail, débordent dans la sphère privée faisant aujourd’hui de la conciliation vie privée-vie professionnelle l’un des principaux enjeux de la qualité de vie au travail des soignants. Les difficultés à concilier vie privée-vie professionnelle peuvent être à l’origine d’une baisse de la satisfaction et de l’implication. A l’inverse, une bonne conciliation peut favoriser le développent de la satisfaction et de l’implication au travail et un enrichissement entre les sphères de vie professionnelle et personnelle. Cette recherche,sur les déterminants et les conséquences du conflit et de l’enrichissement travail-famille, repose sur une étude qualitative et quantitative. Les résultats mettent en évidence le rôle des conditions de travail (exigences de travail et autonomie au travail) et l’importance des ressources organisationnelles (soutien organisationnel, temps suffisant, horaires adaptés) et familiale (soutien familial) dans la survenance du conflit et dans le développement de l’enrichissement travail-famille. En outre, le conflit et l’enrichissement travail-famille peuvent jouer un rôle dans l’implication organisationnelle et la satisfaction des soignants. D’un point de vue managérial, notre recherche fait apparaître la nécessité pour l’hôpital, soucieux d’offrir des soins de qualité, d’améliorer le bien-être de ses professionnels et d’investir dans la qualité de vie au travail qui pourrait bien être un facteur d’attractivité des hôpitaux publics dans un contexte de nombreux de départs en retraite. / Public hospital has undertaken many transformations in order to favour the effectiveness and the efficiency of care. The implementation of new forms of work organisation has been accompanied by the introduction of new governance rules like the “tarification à l’activité” (the pricing based on activity, T2A) which aims at optimizing healthcare provision while allowing the hospital to fund its activities. These changes potentially have negative impacts on human resources management. Nowadays, healthcare workers (predominantly women) have to face an increase in hospital activities, pressure of time, schedule constraints (time restriction) etc.The difficulties that are facing healthcare workers in their job also affect their private life.Therefore, today, reconciling work and family life is one of the main issues of healthcare workers’ quality of work-life. Difficulties in achieving a balance between work and family life can lead to a decrease in the level of job satisfaction and commitment. Conversely, a good work-life balance can encourage job satisfaction, work commitment, and work-life enrichment.The purpose of this research is to study the determinants and consequences of the work-family conflict and enrichment.This research uses a qualitative and a quantitative approach.The results indicated the role of working conditions (work demands and autonomy) and the importance of organizational resources (organizational support, sufficient time, flexible schedules) and family support in the occurrence of the conflict and in the development of enrichment.Besides, work-family conflict and enrichment can play a role in healthcare workers’ satisfaction and organizational commitment.From a management perspective, our research indicated the need for the hospital that is concerned with providing quality care, to improve the well-being of its healthcare workers and invest in the quality of work life. This could be a factor that would make public hospitals attractive in a context of large number of retirements.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / With an increased interest in work-family conflict, researchers have recently turned much of their attention to understanding what puts people at risk of experiencing higher levels of work-family conflict. The purpose of this paper is to examine how gender might influence work-family conflict (WFC) experienced. While past research has explored this topic, results have remained inconclusive. Although some research indicates that women experience more conflict, other research indicates that men experience more conflict, while still other research indicates no gender difference. It is proposed here that these mixed results indicate other factors may be present which moderate the effect of gender on work-family conflict. Drawing on the theory of work-family conflict and role congruity theory, this paper looks specifically at how the gender-type of a job moderates the relationship between gender and experienced levels of work-family conflict. Data from alumni from a large Midwestern University were analyzed using hierarchical regression. Job gender-type (i.e., femininity) was found to moderate the relationship between gender and work-family conflict such that women in jobs that were less stereotypically feminine reported higher levels of time based-conflict than women working in jobs that were more stereotypically feminine. Men reported similar levels of WFC regardless of their job type. Directions for future research on gender and WFC are discussed.

Guided by family/work border theory, this phenomenological study explored the effects of stress while attempting to balance work and home through the lens of six high school female principals from the Central and Northern parts of California. This qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to examine the effects stress had on the physical and mental health of participants. Phenomenological interviews provided a rich description of the lived experiences of female high school principals. A thorough analysis of data exposed six distinct themes: (a) work became the priority, (b) coping mechanisms, (c) implications of being a woman, (d) lonely at the top, (e) blurred boundaries, and (f) the need for more support. Study participants’ experiences provide insight into the primary sources of stress, how stress affected their physical and mental health, the effect their stress had on their home domain, and how participants coped with the stress. Findings from this study address ways stress can be minimized to better balance work and home.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Theoretically, inter-role conflict can occur between any life domains that place competing demands on an individual. However, inter-role conflict research has mainly focused on the conflict between only two domains: work and family. This limited focus is problematic because it has excluded many other potential life domains in which people participate. In order to focus more attention on other life domains, however, it is necessary to understand which life domains people are participating in. As such, the goal of the present qualitative research was to identify and define the full spectrum of life domains by asking two questions: What life domains are relevant to work-life conflict, and how do people value the various life domains in which they are involved? A total of 13 life domains emerged from the data. Participants engaged in an average of 9 of these domains, indicating that people engage in many activities in life outside just work and family.

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