Kevin is in an important meeting when his cellphone rings and the call display shows the number for his daughter's school.He knows excusing himself from the meeting to answer his phone will be problematic but the school would not call if it weren't important.This is an example of

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This scenario illustrates role strain, which is when an individual has conflicting expectations from different roles they occupy. In this case, Kevin is experiencing role strain between his role as a professional in an important meeting and his role as a parent who feels the need to respond to an urgent call from his child's school. The other options are not applicable in this scenario - social reproduction refers to the ways in which societies reproduce themselves through the socialization of children and the maintenance of social order; domestic labour refers to household and caregiving tasks that are typically performed by women in heterosexual households; and the second shift refers to the additional household and caregiving work that employed women often do when they return home from their paid jobs.

Kevin Is in an Important Meeting When His Cellphone Rings