A research for Exploring the Social Intelligence as a Way of Coping with Work-Family (WFC)/Family-Work (FWC) Conflict Cover Image

İş-Aile/Aile-İş Çatışması ile Mücadele Etmenin Bir Yolu Olarak Sosyal Zekanın Keşfedilmesi Üzerine Bir Araştırma
A research for Exploring the Social Intelligence as a Way of Coping with Work-Family (WFC)/Family-Work (FWC) Conflict

Author(s): Aysun Kanbur
Subject(s): Economy, Psychology, Family and social welfare, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Social intelligence; work-family conflict;, family-work conflict;

Summary/Abstract: In today, life fiction of human being has intensively focused on work and home dilemma. Greedy expectations of these two institution (which are always tried to be protected) are always in the mind of the individual. If harmony between competing expectations cannot be achieved, work-family/family-work conflict arises. It is wondered that whether or not the tension between work and family can be managed with social intelligence, in which it makes strong the ability of establishing good relations with other people. The aim of this study is examining social intelligence in organizational context and exhibiting whether or not social intelligence takes a reducing role for work-family/family-work conflict. Findings of the study suggest that social intelligence and its all dimensions have negatively and significantly related with family-work conflict and social intelligence takes a role in reducing family-work conflict.

  • Issue Year: 7/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 145-167
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Turkish