RT Article
T1 Work-Family Conflict: A Virtue Ethics Analysis
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 40
IS 2
SP 145
OP 154
A1 Marchese, Marc C.
A1 Bassham, Gregory
A1 Ryan, Jack
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2002
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785618377
AB Work-family conflict has been examined quite often in human resources management and industrial/organizational psychology literature. Numerous statistics show that the magnitude of this employment issue will continue to grow. As employees attempt to balance work demands and family responsibilities, organizations will have to decide to what extent they will go to minimize this conflict. Research has identified numerous negative consequences of work-family stressors for organizations, for employees and for employees' families. There are however many options to reduce this strain, each with advantages and disadvantages. An ethical analysis, from a virtue ethics perspective, is applied to this timely issue to present an alternative view in addressing this critical business decision. In addition, a strong connection between the virtue ethics analysis and a well-known management theory is given to provide a foundation for managerial implications for resolving work-family conflict.
K1 work-family conflict
K1 Virtue Ethics
K1 seven habits of highly effective people
K1 Covey
DO 10.1023/A:1020317500891