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Work-Family Conflict

Managing the negative effects of work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts on family satisfaction of working mothers’ in Nigeria: the role of extended family support

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Pages 257-271 | Received 07 Aug 2019, Accepted 05 Nov 2019, Published online: 06 Dec 2019
 

ABSTRACT

The number of dual-income families in Nigeria is on the increase due to economic and educational changes occurring in the country. Despite this shift, the exclusive traditional demands on women in the family are not relaxed. Hence, working mothers face more stress than their male counterparts. Since organizations are not up to speed in formulating family-friendly policies to help working mothers cope with additional responsibilities [Amah, O. E. (2010). Family–work conflict and the availability of work–family friendly policy relationships in married employees: The moderating role of work centrality and career consequence. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 18(2), 35–46], working mothers may have to resort to family resources in an attempt to cope with these responsibilities. Extended family support is considered a possible family resource which can be used by working mothers in the absence of organizational support. Data are collected from 300 working mothers across five organizations using cross-sectional research design. Results indicate that extended family support reduced family-to-work conflict and enhanced family satisfaction, while family-to-work conflict reduced family satisfaction. Work-to-family conflict played no significant role in the model tested. The implication is that resources obtained by expanding the definition of the family are useful to working mothers. Hence, it may be necessary for organizations to factor extended family members into their family-friendly policies to enable working mothers manage any unintended negative consequences of utilizing extended family support.

RÉSUMÉ

Le nombre de familles à deux revenus au Nigéria est en augmentation en raison des changements économiques et éducatifs en cours dans le pays. Malgré ce changement, les revendications traditionnelles exclusives des femmes dans la famille ne sont pas relâchées. Par conséquent, les mères qui travaillent subissent plus de stress que leurs homologues masculins. Étant donné que les organisations ne sont pas en mesure de formuler des politiques favorables à la famille pour aider les mères qui travaillent à assumer des responsabilités supplémentaires [Amah, O. E. (2010). Family-work conflict and the availability of work-family friendly policy relationships in married employees: The moderating role of work centrality and career consequence. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 18(2), 35–46], les mères qui travaillent peuvent devoir recourir aux ressources familiales pour tenter de s’acquitter de ces responsabilités. Le soutien de la famille élargie est considéré comme une ressource familiale possible qui peut être utilisée par les mères qui travaillent en l’absence de soutien organisationnel. Les données sont collectées auprès de 300 mères au travail dans cinq organisations, à l’aide d’un plan de recherche transversal. Les résultats indiquent que le soutien de la famille élargie réduit le conflit famille-travail et améliore la satisfaction de la famille, tandis que le conflit famille-travail réduit la satisfaction de la famille. Les conflits travail-famille n’ont joué aucun rôle significatif dans le modèle testé. L’implication est que les ressources obtenues en élargissant la définition de la famille sont utiles aux mères qui travaillent. Il peut donc être nécessaire que les organisations intègrent les membres de la famille élargie dans leurs politiques respectueuses de la famille pour permettre aux mères qui travaillent de gérer les conséquences négatives non voulues de l’utilisation du soutien de la famille élargie.

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Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah

Dr Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah is a Faculty in the Department of OB/HRM at the Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University Lagos, Nigeria. His areas of research include leadership, work-family balance, work attitudes and emotional intelligence.

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