Abstract
Job stress affects and influences the mental, physical, and well-being of an entrepreneur. The objectives of this study were to examine the relationship between work-family conflict, role overload, and the business environment on the commitment of microentrepreneurs in Abuja. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design, data were obtained via an online survey, only the 65 questionnaires were returned. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23 and hypotheses were tested with linear regression. Findings from the study indicate a positive relationship between work-family conflict, role overload, and work environment. and the study recommended that future studies should enlarge the sample size of this study and identify other job stress variable that was not included in this study.
Highlights
The role of female microentrepreneurs to the aspect of economic growth and development cannot be overemphasized
Progress has been made in recent years in the area female entrepreneurship, female entrepreneurs still have limited economic opportunities to compete with their male counterparts as a result of social or cultural values and traditions (Terjesen & Lloyd, 2015)
There have been limited number of literatures in the area of job stress and commitment and none of these studies have attempted to examine the combined effect of work family conflict, role overload and work environment on the commitment of female entrepreneurs in Abuja
Summary
The role of female microentrepreneurs to the aspect of economic growth and development cannot be overemphasized This is because micro enterprises represent a large number of the work force according to MSMEs national survey report (2017) and it provides an avenue for poverty reduction and employment creation. It is observed that the volume of work in which entrepreneurs engage given the nature of their enterprises is immense that some entrepreneurs complain on the magnitude of work to be attained resulting to work overloads This motivated the researcher to conduct a study to determine the relationship between job stress and commitment of female entrepreneurs. There have been limited number of literatures in the area of job stress and commitment and none of these studies have attempted to examine the combined effect of work family conflict, role overload and work environment on the commitment of female entrepreneurs in Abuja. The fourth section analyses our main findings, the fifth section discusses the results, and the final section concludes the present study by highlighting the main contributions and suggestions for further studies
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