ABSTRACT
In this chapter we review the international literature on the antecedents, consequences,
and moderators of work-family conflict. Our purpose especially is to overview studies
published outside North America and to acknowledge the importance of different
geo-political, socioeconomic, and cultural contexts for the experience of work and family.
In an era of increasing globalization, international and expatriate assignments, and virtual
and diverse teams, organizations and managers are increasingly confronted with different
work and family values and, as a consequence, with varying interfaces between work and
family. We need to critically assess the generalizability of models developed in the United
States and Canada, because it cannot be assumed that the context, work ethos, and family
values of these countries are universally relevant. Because cross-cultural research has
only recently stair ted to emerge (Poelmans, 2003), most of the studies we will review are
simply set in a different context. Still, by systematically reviewing this less well known
