Exploring the Relationship Between Work-Famly Conflict &amp; Perceived Organizational Support on Project Commitment

Syeda Hira Hussain

doi:10.7176/ejbm/12-28-05

Abstract

This study aims to test the effects of work-family conflict and perceived organizational support on project commitment among project managers of construction industry. The recent growth in construction industry in Pakistan is booming, as many of the international market players have now come into the market. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 179 currently working project managers (middle managers and lead managers) with in the twin cities of Pakistan. Non-probability convinces sampling technique is used; data was collected by using questionnaires. This study is focused on the dimension of project commitment and variables effect on them; work-family conflict shows negative effect and to maintain the imbalance situation and other hand perceived organizational support show positive relationship. This support helps employees to work with enthusiasm. Role theory has been used to support our H1 and organizational support theory to support hypothesis H2. The overall result of this paper is accepted significantly and further explains the relationship between these variables. Also, it would be constructive to examine other variables mediating and moderating impact on these variables such as family and spouse support and burnout. Further, the outcome related variables can also be tested on project managers of other industries. Keywords: Work-family conflict, Perceived organizational support, Project commitment. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/12-28-05 Publication date: October 31 st 2020

Highlights

The Pakistani construction industry has always been of economic and socially important to the country
The success and failure of every business around the world depends upon the commitment of the employee engagement within the organization, the relationship between the work family conflict and perceived organizational support are opposite in nature (Greenhaus, 1985; Bowen & Govender, 2017)
Perceived organizational support is about how much your organization support you, supporting organization and project-based organization played vital role into the life of employees; when they understand employees needs and problem employee turn more towards there organization and he puts more heart into the work and by doing this employee show more commitment and responsibility towards their project

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The Pakistani construction industry has always been of economic and socially important to the country. The housing and construction sector in Pakistan plays an important role in developing economy and reducing economy. It delivers significant employment opportunities as it contributes through an advanced multiple effects with a host of favorable forward and backward connection with the economy (Hillebrandt, 1985). The success and failure of every business around the world depends upon the commitment of the employee engagement within the organization, the relationship between the work family conflict and perceived organizational support are opposite in nature (Greenhaus, 1985; Bowen & Govender, 2017). Commitment includes emotional attachment of employees to the organization with a willingness of the individuals to identify the organizational aims regardless of the situation. Commitment play vital role in the success of the project (Gurbuz, 2013)

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