Work-Family Conflict among Employed Spouses: The Importance of the Compliance of Attitudes towards Marital Roles

U novijim istraživanjima konflikta radne i obiteljske uloge sve seviše uvode varijable roda i stava o bračnim ulogama, anaglašava se i važnost primjene dijadnoga pristupa. Stoga je ciljovog istraživanja bio utvrditi postoje li rodne razlike na razinikonflikata rad – obitelj i obitelj – rad te utvrditi odnos izmeđustava o bračnim ulogama i razlike među bračnim drugovima ustavu prema bračnim ulogama, kao i percepcije konflikta rad –obitelj i konflikta obitelj – rad. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 354ispitanika, tj. 177 bračnih parova iz Republike Hrvatske i Bosne iHercegovine. Ispitanici su podijeljeni s obzirom na stav obračnim ulogama (egalitaran i tradicionalan stav) i s obzirom nasukladnost stava (niska i visoka distanca). Rezultati pokazuju danema rodnih razlika u percepciji konflikata rad – obitelj i obitelj –rad. Ispitanici se ne razlikuju u doživljaju konflikata radne iobiteljske uloge s obzirom na osobni stav o bračnim ulogama,ali se važnom pokazala razina slaganja u stavu. Ispitanici koji seviše slažu s partnerom u stavu o bračnim ulogama izvještavaju omanjim razinama konflikta rad – obitelj i konflikta obitelj – rad.Scientists have been including variables of gender andattitudes towards marital roles as relevant variables in mostrecent research in the area of examining work-family conflict.There is also a growing emphasis on using a dyadic approach in research involving marital couples as respondents.The aim of this study was to establish whether genderdifferences in the work-to-family and family-to-work conflictexist and to determine the relationship between theseconflicts and attitudes toward marital roles and the dyadicmeasure of difference between marital couples in theseattitudes. There were 354 respondents (177 marital couples)from the Republic of Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.They were divided based on their personal attitudes towardsmarital roles and the level of differences between them andtheir partners in these attitudes using a dyadic analysisapproach. The results show no sign of gender differences inthe level of both conflicts. Also, personal attitudes did notdetermine the differences in conflict, but the difference inattitudes between marital spouses did determine the levels ofboth conflicts. Those who were more similar to their spousesin their attitudes, perceived lower levels of both work-to--family and family-to-work conflict