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Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity: Integration of the Literature and Directions for Future Research

Graduate School of Business Administration, Michigan State University

Arthur P. Brief

Graduate School of Business, New York University

Randall S. Schuler

College of Business and Management, University of Maryland

Although research on role conflict and ambiguity has been extensive, there has been only moderate consistency in the focus and results of the research, while several areas of role conflict and ambiguity research are still relatively unexamined. This paper suggests that a framework for organizing the recent research may assist in consolidating the field and providing an understanding of where we are, what is left to be done and, therefore, direction for future role conflict and ambiguity research.

Human Relations, Vol. 34, No. 1, 43-71 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/001872678103400104


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