2012 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 111-118
Work family conflict (WFC) refers to a form of interrole conflict in which the role pressure from the work domain are incompatible with the one from the family domain. WFC is consists work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW). WIF and FIW are considered to be associated with poor mental health, decreasing job satisfaction and family satisfaction respectively. The purpose of this study is to identify the influence of WIF and FIW for visiting nurses' sense of well-being and the will to continue to work as visiting nurse. I conducted a questionnaire survey of 354 visiting nurses who work at 56 home-visit nursing stations in a prefecture whose place is anonymous. I asked each respondent to answer a self-administered questionnaire on WFC and other information on work and home. 255 questionnaires were returned (response rate 72.0%), among which 236 were valid. There are three findings. First, visiting nurses feel more WIF than FIW. Second, WIF is more negative influence to visiting nurses' sense of well-being than FIW. Third, WIF is more negative influence to visiting nurses' will to continue to work as visiting nurse than FIW. It is implying that work related factors would be more influenced to visiting nurses' sense of well being and visiting nurses' will to continue to work as visiting nurse than their family responsibility. It would be effective that home nursing stations try to devise their work environment and carry out family-friendly policy.
