Work Family Conflicts: Do Personality Traits Make Differences in Job Stress and Life Stress among Employees?

Abstract

A recent change in workforce demographics indicating an increase in female participation, work-family conflicts (WFC) and their impacts on work productivity, and overall life satisfaction has led the attention of researchers to investigate the WFC more comprehensively. Indeed, literature has provided evidence for the negative effects of WFC on the job and life related outcomes. Thus, the current study explores the effects of personality traits as moderators on the connection between WFC, job stress and life stress. A total sample of 713 employees working in different banks of District Multan provided data on Work-Family Conflict Scale, Job stress Scale, Life Stress Scale, and Big Five Personality Traits Questionnaire. Results demonstrated significant negative impacts of WFC on job stress (p>.001) and life stress (p>.001); WFC increases with an increase in extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. On the contrary, it decreases with the increase in neuroticism. The findings further suggested that personality traits moderated the effect of WFC on job and life stress.