Working mothers: Family-work conflict, job performance and family/work variables

Patel, Cynthia J.; Govender, V.; Paruk, Zubeda; Ramgoon, Sarojini

doi:10.4102/sajip.v32i2.238

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“…To analyze these issues, there are several studies striving to find out the valid influence and also give an empirical support to those conflicts on job performance, although still in a limited number (Netemeyer et al, 1996). For example, the research of Patel et al (2006) rejects the relationship between family-work conflict and job performance. On the contrary, Ashfaq et al (2013) reported that employees' performance was affected by work-life conflict and work overload in the banking sector.…”

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Work-Family Conflict and Job Performance: Lesson from a Southeast Asian Emerging Market

Warokka¹,

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Madrid³

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Work-Family Conflict and Job Performance: Lesson from a Southeast Asian Emerging Market

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“…These studies, in accordance with previous international research trends and integrative frameworks, focused on the prevalence of work-family interaction (Rost & Mostert, 2007), demographic differences (Coetzer, 2006;De Klerk & Mostert, 2010;Mostert & Oldfield, 2008;Pieterse & Mostert, 2005), psychometric properties of WFC instruments (Marais, Mostert, Geurts & Taris, 2009;Pieterse & Mostert, 2005;Rost & Mostert, 2007), possible antecedents and wellbeing outcomes of WFC (Koekemoer & Mostert, 2006;Mostert, Cronjé & Pienaar, 2006;Mostert & Rathbone, 2007;Patel, Govender, Paruk, Ramgoon, 2006). With only a few additional studies exploring the occupancy of multiple social roles and role salience, along with limited qualitative studies (Donald & Linington, 2008;Mclellan & Uys, 2009), very little is known about the specific way in which employees in the South African context experience the interaction between their work and personal life, for example as opposed to employees from other societies and social contexts.…”

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An exploratory study of the interaction between work and personal life: Experiences of South African employees

Koekemoer

Mostert

2010

SA j ind psychol

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Orientation: The interaction between work and personal life is an important field of research in the 21st century and of pressing concern for various individuals and organisations internationally and in South Africa.Research purpose: The objective of this study was to investigate the interaction between work and personal life and the experiences thereof in the South African context.Motivation of the study: South African employees are faced with various circumstances which could influence the interaction between their work and personal life and which could constitute different/unique experiences regarding this interaction.Research design, approach and method: A non-probability purposive voluntary sample was used. Data collection was done by means of semi-structured in-depth interviews with 92 participants. Content analysis was used to analyse and interpret the research data.Main findings: Four main themes (i.e. the experience of work, experiences and domains in the personal life, interaction between work and personal life, consequences associated with the interaction) were extracted from the data. Participants indicated stressful and supportive aspects in their work as well as additional personal dimensions in their personal life. Interaction between work and various personal dimensions were indicated, as well as consequences associated with different types of interaction.Practical and managerial implications: Individuals experienced interaction between their work and various other personal dimensions, where the forms of interaction were associated with certain consequences (i.e. spillover of emotions, energy depletion).Contribution/value-add: Compared to international findings, unique findings were obtained relating to individuals’ personal life and the consequences associated with the interaction.How to cite this article: Koekemoer, E., & Mostert, K. (2010). An exploratory study of the interaction between work and personal life: Experiences of South African employees. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology/SA Tydskrif vir Bedryfsielkunde, 36(1), Art. #801, 15 pages. DOI: 10.4102/sajip.v36i1.801

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“…Given demographic trends in the workforce, such as more working mothers (Casale & Posel, 2002;Patel, Govender, Paruk & Ramgoon, 2006) and two-earner or single-earner families (Robles, 1997;Theunissen, Van Vuuren & Visser, 2003), it is not surprising that research activity in the area of work-life balance has increased. Yet apart from different and evolving definitions of work-life balance and despite the presumed virtue thereof, the concept has not undergone extensive scrutiny (Greenhaus et al, 2003) and in fact much debate and uncertainty has been noted with regard to conceptualising and measuring the construct (Eikhof, Warhurst & Haunschild, 2007;Heraty, Morley & Cleveland, 2008).…”

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<img src="http://openjournals.net/files/pics/CEU.gif"/> The construction of work–life balance: The experience of Black employees in a call-centre environment

Potgieter

Barnard

2010

SA j ind psychol

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Orientation: Work-life balance, as a crucial aspect of employee and organisational wellness, remains an interesting field of research, especially due to the changing demographic employee profile.Research purpose: The objective of the study was to explore Black employees' construction of work-life balance in a customer care environment.Motivation for the study: The conceptual debate regarding the construct of work-life balance in general as well as limited qualitative research with regard to Black employees' experience of worklife balance in a South African context motivated the study.Research design, approach and method: This qualitative study was designed from an interpretivist perspective. Ten employees, selected through purposeful sampling, participated in the study. Data was gathered through in-depth interviews and grounded theory was applied during data analysis. Main findings:The grounded theory analysis of the data yielded six themes central to participants' construction of work-life balance. The findings suggest that work-life balance is conceptualised as a continuous, subjective and holistic valuation of satisfaction derived from multiple roles in relation to the importance to the individual at a given point in time.Practical/managerial implications: Findings provide valuable managerial information to guide suitable strategies enhancing the work-life balance experience and by implication employees' general wellbeing, job satisfaction and commitment. Contributions/value-add:This study contributes to the evolving body of knowledge with regard to work-life balance and provides a unique context-specific perspective to the conceptual understanding of the construct.

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Working mothers: Family-work conflict, job performance and family/work variables

Cited by 37 publications

References 36 publications

Work-Family Conflict and Job Performance: Lesson from a Southeast Asian Emerging Market

Work-Family Conflict and Job Performance: Lesson from a Southeast Asian Emerging Market

An exploratory study of the interaction between work and personal life: Experiences of South African employees

<img src="http://openjournals.net/files/pics/CEU.gif"/> The construction of work–life balance: The experience of Black employees in a call-centre environment

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