Abstract
Purpose This study was designed to investigate the impacts of work-family role conflict on job and life satisfaction among three major professionals: doctors, engineers and university teachers. Data were collected through a face to face survey on 60 doctors, 60 engineers and 60 university teachers of different public and private institutes of Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach Conducted data analysis were statistical analysis of questionnaires (mean, SD, max, min), descriptive analysis (%), t-test, analysis of variance test, correlation analysis and regression analysis. Findings The results demonstrate that the university teachers had experienced more work-family conflict (WFC) on job satisfaction and family-work conflict (FWC) on job and life satisfaction than doctors and engineers; however, engineers experienced more WFC in the case of life satisfaction. The study also implied that control variables such as gender identification, reported number of children, marital status, education level and adhered religion had significant impact (p < 0.05) on WFC, FWC, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. Originality/value This study will provide insight into the effects of spouse, supervisor and number of children on both job and life satisfaction.
Highlights
Work-family conflict (WFC) is becoming an appealing concept day by day since personal and professional lives affect each other
This study examined the impacts of WFC and family-work conflict (FWC) on life and job satisfaction among doctors, engineers and university faculties
The result demonstrates that engineers experienced more FWC and their job satisfaction level concerning FWC was less than doctors and university faculties
Summary
Work-family conflict (WFC) is becoming an appealing concept day by day since personal and professional lives affect each other. Role conflict between work and family is important for organizations and individuals since it is linked to negative consequences (Akkas et al, 2015). Role conflict between work and family is associated with increased occupational burnout and job stress and decreased health, organizational commitment and job performance (Amstad et al, 2011). The WFC occurs when commitments and interests at work interfere with family life, like irregular or inflexible working hours, work overload, stress, interpersonal conflict at work, unsupportive supervisor or organization (Karatepe and Kilic, 2007; Asiedu et al, 2018; Unruh et al, 2016). The FWC occurs when commitments and interests in the family interfere with work-life, like primary responsibilities for children, elder care responsibilities, interpersonal conflict within the family unit and unsupportive family members
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