Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Despite the attention on the issue regarding work and family balance among women, there is little research on the experience of Work-Family Conflict among teachers, and within a Collectivistic culture.This study investigated how Work-Family Conflict was related to Role Salience and Job level (investigated in terms of the amount of job demand and job control associated with different job levels) among women from a Collectivistic culture.A sample of 65 teachers was used.Although the results of the study showed no correlations between Work-Family Conflict and both role salience and job level, this was attributed to the high data skewness, thereby reducing the chances of detecting correlations.The high positive data skewness was possibly caused by the floor effect, which was the situation that the sample consisted of only female teachers from a Collectivistic culture.The high negative data skewness was possibly caused by the ceiling effect, which is the situation that the women in this sample have a Collectivistic cultural orientation, and are therefore highly likely to consider their home role as more salient.Moreover, correlations between Work Family Conflict and Job demand have been found to be higher in Individualistic cultures compared to Collectivistic cultures.There also seems to be no differences in job control among teachers occupying different job levels, and hence, no correlations were detected.Further analyses depicted that the teachers within this sample considered their home role as more salient.Moreover, despite their commitment to both their home role and occupational role, the data indicated that the sample experienced low levels of Work Family conflict.This finding confirmed that individuals may experience lower levels of Work-Family Conflict when they participate in roles that they value The mean differences also indicated iii that the teachers from the previously disadvantaged population were more committed to their occupational role, compared to the White teachers.This was attributed to the possibility that due to the high unemployment rate among African women, those who were employed placed a high value in their occupation.These findings are discussed.
Author: Anne Nasambu Wafula
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Strong
OpenAlex ID: W2560947405