Sherry has a meeting with her regional boss scheduled for the same time that her daughter is competing in the high school state swimming finals. These competing demands cause

Work-family conflict.

Explanation:

A work-family conflict can be defined as the process whereby family roles interfere with an individual's performance, commitment and responsibilities at their workplace as well as how this work affect their personal life (family) since they are required to invest time, energy and strong commitment.

Simply stated, work-family conflict are mutually incompatible because each role invariably affects the other according to Kahn et al. (1964).

Using the Greenhaus and Beutell (1985) framework, work-family conflict can be classified in to three (3) main categories, these are;

1. Behavior-based conflict: this conflict occurs when certain behaviors exhibited by an individual isn't compatible with assigned roles.

2. Strain-based conflict: it is a type of conflict that arises when stress from the performance of a role is transferred to another role, thus affecting commitment, efficiency and effectiveness.

3. Time-based conflict: it is a type of conflict that arises when a person is not able to perform other roles as a result of devotion of time to another.

In this scenario, Sherry has a meeting with her regional boss scheduled for the same time that her daughter is competing in the high school state swimming finals. These competing demands would cause a work-family conflict. This is an example of a time-based ork-family conflict.