Interrole con ict: When a person experiences con ict because of the multiple roles he
has to play in life, he experiences interrole con ict. One very common form of interrole
con ict is the con ict experienced by many employees when their working roles clash with
their roles as a spouse or parent (Nelson and Quick 1985). A person who has to attend an
important meeting at work, as well as a parent–teacher meeting at her child’s school sched-
uled at the same time, experiences interrole con ict. is happens because di erent people
with whom the role holder interacts have di erent expectations ...
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