scholarly journals Test of Work-to-Family and Family-to-Work Models of Conflict and Satisfaction: An Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-113
Author(s):  
Tasnuva Rahman ◽  
Ayesha Tabassum ◽  
Kursia Jahan
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
The Relationship

Greater access of women to education and the job market has led to the increased participation of women in professional employment throughout the world. Bangladesh is no exception from this trend of change which is creating the phenomenon of dual-career couples (two working people in a committed relationship). This trend has radically changed traditional family structures and gender roles in society. These types of couples need to integrate both their work and family life together. This is creating challenges for both dual-career couples and their employers. Past research has posited that the imbalance between work and family lives, or the conflict between work and family lives of the dual-career couples can significantly reduce employee productivity, performance, job satisfaction, family satisfaction, and life satisfaction. This, in turn, hinders the performance of a business by affecting its organizational innovation, efficiency, and effectiveness.The current study tested predictions regarding the nature of relationships among these variables on 180 dual career couples (N=360) in Bangladesh. Literature reviews suggested two forms of conflict; work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict among these dual career couples. Models were developed by addressing these two types of conflict and testing the relationship with various types of satisfaction. A structured questionnaire was used as the primary source for data collection. Results reveal that work-to-family conflict negatively predicts job satisfaction and life satisfaction. No evidence is found regarding the relationship of family-to-work conflict with job and family satisfaction.

Service employees’ fit, work-family conflict, and work engagement

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 554-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman M. Karatepe ◽  
Georgiana Karadas
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Job Fit ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Using person–job fit, congruence and conservation of resources theories as the theoretical underpinnings, the purpose of this study is to propose and test a research model that investigates work-family conflict and family–work conflict as mediators of the impact of person–job fit on work engagement. The model also examines the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship between conflicts in the work–family interface and life satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Data gathered from frontline hotel employees two weeks apart in three waves in Romania were utilized to assess the abovementioned relationships via structural equation modeling. Findings Two directions of conflict act as partial mediators between person–job fit and work engagement. Work engagement fully mediates the relationship between work–family conflict and life satisfaction, while it functions as a partial mediator of the effect of family–work conflict on life satisfaction. Originality/value This paper contributes to current knowledge by investigating the interrelationships of person–job fit, two directions of conflict, work engagement and life satisfaction.

Impact of workplace characteristics on work-family conflict of dual-career couples

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 883-907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhash C. Kundu ◽  
Rina S. Phogat ◽  
Saroj Kumar Datta ◽  
Neha Gahlawat
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Supervisory Support ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of various workplace characteristics on work-family conflict among dual-career couples in India. Design/methodology/approach Primary data based on 393 employees belonging to dual-career couples were analyzed. Using multiple regression analysis, the study has attempted to find out the effects of workplace characteristics on work-family conflict in dual-career couples. Findings The findings indicate that not all workplace characteristics effect work-family conflict in dual-career couples. Out of 13 characteristics, 8 workplace characteristics, namely, development and flexibility, co-worker support, supervisory support, job competence, self-employee control, practicing overtime, flexibility and discrimination, are found to have significant effects on work-family conflict in dual-career couples. Research limitations/implications As this study is limited to the dual-career couples employed mainly in organizations operating in India, these results may not be generalized to other areas such as traditional career couples, self-employed member of couples and in other national contexts. Practical implications It would be beneficial for organizations to understand and implicate that adoption of certain workplace characteristics provide appropriate choices, freedom and environment for dual-career employees, which further encourage them to build effective amalgamation of work and family roles suiting their individual circumstances. Originality/value This study is an important and almost first study on dual-career couples in India on such issues. As a very scant number of researches have examined the impact of workplace characteristics on work-family conflict on such extensive basis, it definitely contributes to HR literature.

scholarly journals The Effects Of Spousal Support And Gender On Workers Stress And Job Satisfaction: A Cross National Investigation Of Dual Career Couples

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen L. Bures ◽  
Dale Henderson ◽  
Jacqueline Mayfield ◽  
Milton Mayfield ◽  
Joel Worley
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Stress ◽  
Spousal Support ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
And Gender ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cross National

This paper investigates the relationships between the level of spousal support that a dual career marriage participant receives and the individuals job satisfaction and work stress. Results indicate that a high level of spousal support leads to higher levels of job satisfaction. Data analysis also suggests that gender moderates the relationship between spousal support and work stress. At a low level of spousal support, but men and women reported approximately equal stress. However, data show that a high level of spousal support reduces mens work stress, but does not significantly decrease womens stress level.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Konflik Pekerjaan-Keluarga Terhadap Kepuasan Kerja (Kasus Karyawan Bank BJB Cabang Utama Bandung)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Afina Azka Yasyifa ◽  
Sri Raharso
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Business Organization ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

The current business organization is important to review the conflict between work and family. It can impact on the survival of employees in business organizations. Work-family conflicts can be one reason employee dissatisfaction with work. The relationship between work-family conflict and job satisfaction. Based on research conducted on 118 respondents employees Bank Bjb Office Main Branch Bandung obtained results that show there is a relationship between work family conflict with job satisfaction. This is evidenced by the results of correlation analysis between work family conflict variables with job satisfaction included in the negative and significant relationship. Furthermore, work family conflict also has a negative effect on job satisfaction in the regression analysis done.

scholarly journals Job Satisfaction and Marital Adjustment among Paramedical: Mediating Role of Work Family Conflict

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-74
Author(s):  
Iram Batool ◽  
Shaukat Hussain ◽  
Ruqia Safdar Bajwa
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: An extensive pressure arose by work environment or by family environment resulted as work-family conflict. Occurrences of such conflicts are observed when employees experienced interference of work to family and family to work. Keeping the literature available on effects of work-family conflict in relationship to job satisfaction and marital adjustment, this study was designed to investigate the mediating role played by work family conflict between the relationship of job satisfaction and marital adjustment among paramedical staff. Another aim of this study was to explore the relationship among three variables. Furthermore, it was aimed to find out if there are any differences on gender or other demographical variables.  A sample of 100 employees was taken from Jhang and Faisalabad city. Instruments for measuring Work family developed by Netemeyer et al. (1996), job satisfaction developed by Paul E. Spector, (1994), and adapted and translated by Shazad, (2011) were used. Dyadic adjustment scale developed by Spanier, (1976) and adapted and translated into Urdu by Naseer (2000) were also used. Results revealed positive correlation between work to family and family to work conflict, while negative with marital adjustment and job satisfaction. The regression analysis showed Job satisfaction contributed 29% and family to work contributed 27% in predicting marital adjustment. Significant gender differences were found. The results of partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) found significant mediating role of work to family conflict and family to work conflict.

scholarly journals Gender as a moderator between work-family conflict, job and family satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Abigail Opoku Mensah ◽  
Eunice Fay Amissah ◽  
Adjoa Afedua Nsaful
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Junior Staff ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Relationship

The study examined the effect of work-family conflict on job and family satisfaction among university junior staff in Ghana. It further tested the moderating role of gender on the relationship between work-family conflict dimensions and job and family satisfaction. A quantitative approach was adopted. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 339 respondents. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The results revealed a negative effect of work-family conflict on both job satisfaction and family satisfaction. Further analysis showed that gender moderates the relationship between work-family conflict (FIW) and family satisfaction. Recommendations are made to the University authorities and employees on how to minimize the negative effects of work-family which can lead to better job and family satisfaction in this paper.Keywords: work-family conflict, job satisfaction, family satisfaction, gender, junior staff

NATURE OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN WORK AND FAMILY SATISFACTION IN WOMEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-44
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Markiewicz ◽  
Zbigniew B. Gaś
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Office Workers ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Work Family

The aim of the present study was to specify the nature of the relationships between work and marital satisfaction in the women. In addition it aimed at revealing as to whether demographic variables, such as age, position, length of service, marriage duration, and the number of children have an impact upon the work and marital satisfaction in working women. The present study included 120 married, working women, and analyses the relationship between job satisfaction and marital satisfaction, taking into consideration emotional and cognitive factors. The participants were mostly office workers, of whom 20 (8%) occupied management positions. The Descriptions Inventory, Job Affect Scale, Questionnaire of Well-matched Marriage, and a scale of work-job interactions were administered. Significant positive correlations across almost all variables of job and marital satisfaction were observed. This means that the increase of marital satisfaction corresponds with the increase in job satisfaction, although the work/family conflict resulted in experiencing negative emotions at work. Moreover, the level of job satisfaction was higher than the level of family satisfaction. It was also found that the age and time spent at work proved to have a negative impact upon job satisfaction. Work-family facilitation proved to be crucial since its exclusion made the interface between all factors of family satisfaction and work insignificant. At the same time, the managerial women suffered from work/family conflict to a greater degree than did office workers. The study revealed also that the needs of older workers should be taken into account to maintain their work/life balance.

Parent and Child Experiences of Parental Work–Family Conflict and Satisfaction with Work and Family

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (9) ◽  
pp. 1649-1673
Author(s):  
Mary Claire Morr Loftus ◽  
Veronica A. Droser
Keyword(s):  
Family Conflict ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
Behavior Based ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Family Work Conflict

This study examined the relationship between parent and young adult child perceptions of parental work–family conflict and work and family satisfaction. Data were collected from 112 parent–child dyads, and children perceived parents to experience significantly more strain-based work–family conflict than parents reported. Parent and child did not differ in ratings of five other dimensions of parent’s work–family and family–work conflict. Parent and child ratings of the parent’s experience of all three dimensions of work–family conflict and one of three dimensions of family–work conflict were positively correlated. Four actor–partner interdependence models using multilevel modeling tested dyadic effects of work–family or family–work conflict on work or family satisfaction. Negative actor effects were found for behavior-based work–family and family–work conflict and for strain-based family–work conflict on family satisfaction. Negative actor effects existed for behavior-based work–family and family–work conflict on work satisfaction, and behavior-based work–family conflict also had a negative partner effect on work satisfaction.

Evidence for Life Satisfaction Among Dual-Career Couples: The Interplay of Job, Career, and Family Satisfaction in Relation to Workplace Support

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (18) ◽  
pp. 2893-2921 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Gahlawat ◽  
Rina S. Phogat ◽  
Subhash C. Kundu
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Dual Career ◽  
Workplace Support ◽  
Dual Career Couples ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Employees Satisfaction ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Using Data

Using data from 406 dual-career couple employees in the Indian context, the current study has indicated that favorable perceptions of workplace support variables like work–family balance actions, supervisor support, coworker support, work autonomy, and role clarity lead toward heightened life satisfaction among dual-career couples. However, this relationship is not as simple as it seems. Interestingly, none of the five workplace support initiatives are directly related to the life satisfaction among employees. Bootstrap results via serial mediation model establish that job satisfaction, career satisfaction, and family satisfaction mediate individually and serially the relationships between various workplace support variables and life satisfaction. Being first of its kind, the study has potential to prove beneficial in improving the lives of employees if thorough consideration is given to workplace support in relation to various types of employees’ satisfaction.

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