The Relationship between Visiting Nurses’ Work-family Conflict and Type of Employment: Comparison Full-time Work and Part-time Work

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify and compare any differences in visiting nurses’ work-family conflict between full-time workers and part-time workers. Work family conflict (WFC) refers to a form of inter-role conflict in which the role pressure from the work domain is incompatible with that from the family domain. The subjects were visiting nurses who work at 56 home-visit nursing stations in A prefecture. Each respondent was to answer a self-administered questionnaire on WFC and other information on work and home. 236 questionnaires with valid answers were analyzed. The results showed that, visiting nurses who work full-time exerienced more conflict, in that “due to work, I could not do anything about family life” and “due to family stress, I could not work as I wanted”, than visiting nurses who work part-time. In conclusion, visiting nurses’ work-family conflict differs depending on their type of employment.