The Juggling Act: Managing Work Family Conflict and Job Satisfaction in Academicians

Abstract

In today’s competitive world, the pressures of work have been escalating and there is a growing feeling among employees that the demands of work begin to dominate life and a sense of work life imbalance is felt. Thus, finding a balance between work and life in today’s swift world presents a major challenge to both the employer and employee. This article seeks to explore the variation among men and women academicians with regards to overall job satisfaction, job stressors and work family conflict that influence overall balance among the academicians. Data were collected via questionnaire. T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to find out the important component to persist balance. The result indicates that women faculty members as compared to the male faculty members exhibit a high degree of dissatisfaction with regards to career, family responsibilities and work life integration issues while balancing the work life domain.

Role of support in work–family interface among university faculty in India

“…Additional analyses on the influence of demographic variables (gender, marital status) on all conflict and enrichment hypotheses found no significant results. Our results are contrary to Bijawat's (2013) study that women faculty expressed more dissatisfaction with work-life integration. It is conceivable that, in the current environment, both male and female faculty members experience work-family dynamics similarly.…”