Abstract: Along with the widespread application of information technology, the working environment of the modern organizations has made the work-family integration inevitable, thus the managers are faced with multiple roles and responsibilities. According to the role segmentation/integration continuum theory, the work-family integration can be divided into such types as integration, wandering, and separation. The study finds that the work-family integration has significant positive effect on task performance and positive affection and it has significant negative effect on negative affection; but no significant effect on job stress. The task performance and positive affection of the integration type are much higher than that of the wandering type and the separation type; the negative affection of the integration type is much lower than that of the wandering type and the separation type; the job stress of the integration type is not significantly higher than that of the wandering type and the separation type. Therefore, this article proposes a continuum classification management strategy, which can help managers to develop active work-life relationship by adopting such strategies as initiative integration, allocating time reasonably and preference to the special roles, etc.

Key words: work-family integration; task performance; job stress; positive affection; negative affection