ABSTRACT
The theoretical model of work–family conflict in sport is a multi-level approach to understanding the antecedents and outcomes of work–family interactions in a sport context. This chapter looks at the theory – its constructs, major propositions and how it was developed. The model has been applied and tested somewhat broadly in the sport management literature in particular. The data confirmed that top-down and bottom-up processes were at work, and that antecedents and outcomes could be identified at all three levels within the model: individual, structural and socio-cultural. Work–family conflict theory in sport was somewhat an answer to S. W. J. Kozlowski and K. J. Klein's challenge for more work on emergent or bottom-up processes, particularly within organisations. One of the extensions of the theory was an examination of the work–life balance of young professional baseball players. Another extension was a systematic examination of the work–life balance practices and policies within college athletic departments.
