Abstract
Work-family conflicts (WFC) in university faculty members were investigated. WFC includes time
conflicts, family-to-work conflicts, and work-to-family conflicts. Furthermore, energy input into family,
work, and personal activities was examined from the perspective of the ideal and reality. A questionnaire
survey was conducted with faculty members (N=1757, 1044 women and 713 men ), which inquired
about their attributes, WFC, as well as real and ideal energy input into family, work, and personal
activities. Results indicated that WFC in female faculty members was higher than in male faculty
members, and that WFC in fulltime faculty members was higher than in part-time faculty members.
Especially, WFC in female faculty members was significantly high. Moreover, WFC differed depending
on the relative amount of energy input into work and family in real life. Results of hierarchical multiple
regression analysis indicated that WFC in both male and female faculty members was affected by energy
input into family and work in real life. Furthermore, in male faculty members, the effect of energy input
in real life on WFC was modified by the expected ideal energy input. In female faculty members, WFC
was unavoidable regardless of personal ideals, because energy input in their real life was heavier than in
male faculty members. In other words, WFC in male faculty members was inhibited when they had high
ideals, even if the energy input into the family increased in their real life.
