Work-Family Conflicts: Does Social Support Make Differences in Job and Family Satisfaction among Employees?

Abstract

Building on and extending previous research, the present study aims to explore the role of social support from work colleagues and family members in alleviating the negative impact of work family conflicts on job satisfaction and family satisfaction. This exploratory study has analyzed the hypothesized model linking bi-work-family-conflict to job and family satisfaction; along with the social support as a moderator in the model. In this survey with 627female teachers, we found that social support from work colleagues and family members moderated the relationship between work-family conflict and jab and family satisfaction. Findings imply that stress spilling over from work-to-family and family-to-work lowers the job satisfaction and family satisfaction respectively that consequently results in work-family conflict. However the social support if is available to employees from workmates and family members may decrease the negative impact of work-family conflict on job and family satisfaction.