Identifying latent profiles in work‐to‐family conflict and family‐to‐work conflict

Abstract

From the perspective of a person-centered approach, the purpose of this study is to identify and analyze latent profiles of employees according to the employees' levels of work-to-family conflict (WFC) and family-to-work conflict using latent-profile analysis. This study utilized work, family, and health study (WFHS) data compiled from 823 employees at select Fortune 500 information technology (IT) companies. The data were examined using multinomial logistic regression analysis to determine whether individuals could be grouped into certain profiles according to their demographic characteristics. The group differences in the outcome variables of the WFC were also considered using the analysis of variance technique. The results suggest that HR/HRD professionals should consider how various types and intensities of conflicts combine to influence employees and should deploy this information when designing strategies and interventions to reduce WFCs.