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Work: attitudes and wellbeing

Work-Family Conflict Scale.

WFC

What it measures
Inter-role conflict between work and family: bidirectional (Work-Interfering-with-Family, Family-Interfering-with-Work). Carlson's multidimensional version crosses 3 forms (time, strain, behavior) x 2 directions.
Length and format
10 (Netemeyer, 5+5); 18 (Carlson multidimensional, 6 facets x 3). 5- or 7-pt agreement Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Many incl. ES, ZH, AR, PT, DE, KO, FA and others
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Netemeyer, R.G., Boles, J.S., & McMurrian, R. (1996). Development and validation of work-family conflict and family-work conflict scales. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81(4), 400-410.

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