Question

Lee promised his brother Kirby that he would watch the Cincinnati Bengals’s football game with him at home. However, Lee’s friend Sue won tickets on a local radio station, and she wants Lee to come to the game with her. Because Lee is torn between his role as Sue’s friend and Kirby’s brother, Lee is experiencing ______.

Answer 1

Conflict role

Explanation:

Role conflict occurs when a person receives demands that are incompatible or inconsistent with each other. For example, when an employee comes to feel that they ask for tasks that he considers are not part of his role, it could be, that the boss put him to serve tables at a personal party on the weekend when the employee is engaged in office tasks during the week in the company.

The role conflict also occurs when two or more people who are part of the social and family group to which the person belongs, require situations that are incompatible. Hence, Lee feels divided between his role as Sue's friend and her role as Kirby's brother. Lee feels that it is his responsibility to meet both expectations although it is not possible to meet them at the same time.