Abstract
Work and family are the most important aspects in everyday life that interact with each other simultaneously. The interaction between work and family may cause both negative and positive outcomes that is why scientists and practitioners are seeking to understand how to control them. The purpose of this article was to review existing literature on work-family conflict and enrichment interventions. We conducted a systematic literature review to investigate the evidence-based practises that dealt with reduction of work-family conflict and increase in work-family enrichment. After the screening, 12 articles from 699 unique studies were selected for the in-depth analysis. 11 out of 12 represented interventions confirmed significant positive results about the reduction of work-family conflict or increase in work-family enrichment. It is not surprising that organizations quite often choose training/workshop as the most suitable intervention. Similarly, only one scientific article presented the intervention that used real organizational change to reduce work-family conflict. Additionally, only one intervention was oriented towards the positive side of work family interaction – increase in work-family enrichment. Finally, practical implications and future research directions are proposed in the discussion.
Highlights
The relationship between work and family becomes one of the most relevant aspects of everyday life to all people around the world, that is why practitioners and scientists are seeking to understand the way work and family interact with each other (McNamara et al, 2013; Vieira et al, 2018; Wang et al, 2017)
840 participants (90% female); four groups – 3 experimental (n = 135, 259 and 99) and 1 control group (n = 347); All experimental groups showed a positive impact of intervention on decreasing work-family conflict (WFC), but the highest impact was in the group, in which participants had the opportunity to select days when they wanted to work
Results showed that Mindfulnessbased intervention had a positive impact on promoting work-family balance (WFB) and reducing WFC
Summary
The relationship between work and family (or family and work) becomes one of the most relevant aspects of everyday life to all people around the world, that is why practitioners and scientists are seeking to understand the way work and family interact with each other (McNamara et al, 2013; Vieira et al, 2018; Wang et al, 2017). With reference to Michel’s et al (2011) meta-analysis the main antecedents of WFC are higher levels of global job stressors, work role overload/conflict/demands/ambiguity, job involvement, work centrality and task variety and lower levels of organizational/supervisor/coworker support, job autonomy, and family-friendly organization
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