Home‐based entrepreneurship and multiple roles—an inter‐role conflict

Abstract

Home‐based entrepreneurship has been identified as an alternative source of employment and income for residents of non‐metropolitan communities. Although economic and social advantages of home‐based work have been identified, negative factors associated with home‐based entrepreneurship have also been reported Home‐based entrepreneurs may experience inter‐role conflict as a result of an overlapping of roles (i.e. work/family) within the environs of the home. Findings from interviews with home‐based entrepreneurs are discussed in relation to the multiplicity of roles of the home‐based entrepreneur. Further, implications are addressed concerning the conflicts arising from multiple role demand as a home‐based entrepreneur.

Work Roles, Management and Perceived Well-being for Married Women within Family Businesses

“…The type of work role pattern a woman in a family business holds, the density of each of the roles, and the personal and financial resources available affect the level of management needed and the stress experienced; at some threshold point the effects of role accumulation lead to an expression of dissatisfaction and eventually to a reduced perception of well-being (Danes, 1998;Danes & McTavish, 1997;Kean, Nimeyer, & Maupin, 1994). Furthermore, family management theory posits that women will incorporate their subjective evaluation of the discrepancy between their desired level of family goal achievement and their actual level of achievement in their assessment of well-being (Danes, 1998;Deacon & Firebaugh, 1988).…”