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Addressing the lack of cross-national and multidimensional research in therelevant literature, this paper examines the relationships between two sources andvarious predictors of work-family conflict of employees by utilizing a three-year discreetdataset of 23 European countries and Turkey. Stress sources of work-family conflict areproxied by number and inflexibility of working hours whereas their predictors arerepresented by career advancement opportunity, business internationalization, paidparental leave scheme, governmental family support, and prevalence of employees’technology use. Additionally, cultural origins of social support are also controlled usingboth value and regional clusters of national cultures. Results from fixed-effect modelestimation reveal that average annual hours worked per employee are negativelyrelated to career advancement opportunity and technology adoption whereas businessinternationalization and paid parental leave opportunities cause longer working hours.Inflexible working is negatively associated with all variables except for the insignificantimpact of technology adoption. The culture was found mattering for work-familyconflict but explaining the variations in working hours and inflexible schedulingdifferently. The study concludes with suggestions for future research and implicationsbased on findings and limitations.