The Effect of Work-Family Conflict Management Training on DecreasingWork-Family

Whilemuchresearch has been conducted on work-family conflict، family-work-conflict، contexts، outcomes and effectsof conflict on members of society and organizations، little research has been done to study the effect of work-family andfamily-work conflict management on career and family life. Thus the aim of this research is to survey the effect of work-family and family-work conflict management training on decrease of such conflicts in female workers residing in Esfahān. Research was quasi-experimentally designed with a control group. The sample research consists of 62 worker females from EsfahānUniversity that were selected randomly and have been randomized between experiment group (31 members) and control group (31 members). At the start of the research، work-family and family-work conflict between experiment and control group was examined. Data collected byNetemeyer’s “Work-Family Conflict and Family-Work Conflict Scales،” were analyzed usingthe SPSS. Withinsix meetings، work-family and family-work conflict management training program was conducted in experiment group and in the end of training program، work-family and family-work conflicts have been examinedagain. Result showed that there is meaningful difference between two groups in the field of work-family and family-work conflicts. Therefore، work-family conflict and family-work conflict management training program’s role on decreasing work-family conflict and family-workconflict wasshown to be effective.