Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees
Researchers have identified work-family conflict as one of the major stressors in the workplace leading to various negative outcomes, including impaired well-being. Although many studies have been conducted on the experience of work-family conflict on dual-earner couples, only a few were conducted o...
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The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
2009
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| description | Researchers have identified work-family conflict as one of the major stressors in the workplace leading to various negative outcomes, including impaired well-being. Although many studies have been conducted on the experience of work-family conflict on dual-earner couples, only a few were conducted on single parent employees. This study examines work-family conflict among single mother employees and its antecedents including dispositional (locus of control and perfectionism), job (role overload, role conflict and job flexibility) and organizational (supervisor support) factors. Data were gathered from 159 Malaysian single mother employees using self-administered questionnaires. The findings of the study indicated that 66% of the single mother employees experienced moderate to high levels of work-family conflict. The factors that characterize employees disposition including locus of control and perfectionism, their job factors including role conflict and role overload, as well as their supervisors’ support contributed significantly (51%) to work-family conflict. The findings imply the need for measures to be taken by employees, human resource managers and organizations pertaining to the antecedent factors to help reduce the level of work-family conflict. |
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| spelling | upm-70962015-11-30T07:59:31Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7096/ Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees Ahmad, Aminah Baba, Maznah Hassan, Siti Aishah Researchers have identified work-family conflict as one of the major stressors in the workplace leading to various negative outcomes, including impaired well-being. Although many studies have been conducted on the experience of work-family conflict on dual-earner couples, only a few were conducted on single parent employees. This study examines work-family conflict among single mother employees and its antecedents including dispositional (locus of control and perfectionism), job (role overload, role conflict and job flexibility) and organizational (supervisor support) factors. Data were gathered from 159 Malaysian single mother employees using self-administered questionnaires. The findings of the study indicated that 66% of the single mother employees experienced moderate to high levels of work-family conflict. The factors that characterize employees disposition including locus of control and perfectionism, their job factors including role conflict and role overload, as well as their supervisors’ support contributed significantly (51%) to work-family conflict. The findings imply the need for measures to be taken by employees, human resource managers and organizations pertaining to the antecedent factors to help reduce the level of work-family conflict. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7096/1/Work-family.pdf Ahmad, Aminah and Baba, Maznah and Hassan, Siti Aishah (2009) Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 4 (8). pp. 81-92. http://iji.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.88/prod.875 English |
| spellingShingle | Ahmad, Aminah Baba, Maznah Hassan, Siti Aishah Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
| title | Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
| title_full | Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
| title_fullStr | Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
| title_full_unstemmed | Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
| title_short | Work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
| title_sort | work-family conflict and its antecedents among single mother employees |
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