Role conflict

everyone has a role in a social system. one person may have a number of roles because he or she belongs to various social system, such as home, school, workplace and community. a person in a particular social role will follow the rules of behavior for that role. each role in a social system is related to other roles. relationship such as parent and child, student and teacher, and supervisor and staff are known as role partners. when there is a competition or conflict between the expectations of different role partners, we have something called role conflict.