The Work-Family Conflict

It is less common to remain in one job with one company for our entire working careers due to a variety of alternatives including part time work job sharing virtual work self-employment and contract work. As a contractual worker you are in charge of the work you do you schedule your time and you can refuse or accept any projects. Contractual work although may be more lucrative does present with some degree of risk such as employment uncertainty and lack of corporate benefits. The main goals of this study is to examine if a visible linkage exists between 1) the employment arrangement of a contractual worker and the work-family conflict and 2) how their spouses/partner perceive their employment arrangement with regards to the work-family conflict. The analysis of the impact of contractual workers on work-family conflict has been made through a number of in-depth interviews with both contractual workers and their spouse/partner.