PSYC 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Job Satisfaction, Flextime, Organizational Commitment

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3630
• Professor: Lisa Fiksenbaum

Document Summary

Origin of work family conflict, work related variables, role ambiguity, role overload and role conflict. Job autonomy not having a choice of what you wanna do: family related variables, family involvement, numbers of kids, and age of children in the home, elder care, consequences of wfc, high levels of wfc associated with: Increased absenteeism: low organizational commitment, greater use of canada"s health care system and higher benefits costs. Whether you engage in problem solving, or emotion focused coping. Problem solving coping is more effective in alleviating stress. It all depends on the level of control you perceive in dealing with the stress. Interventions to ease w-f conflicts: organizational programs to assist employees in balancing work and family life, on-site childcare, flexible work schedules (flextime) as long as you fulfill 8 hours, you can come in later and leave later, It is up to individuals to take control over the kind of life they want to lead, not the government.