Article-1 Does Work-Family Conflict Slacken Employee Performance? An Investigation from Developing Countries Perspectives

Abstract

Work-family conflict (WFC) is one of the buzzwords in the modern industrial arena as most of the corporations are experiencing the issue from their employees’ lives. As human being is to play multiple roles in every day which really make them puzzle to make a balance in between their work and family life. The present study aims to investigate the relationship between WFC and employee performance considering supervisory support, co-workers’ support, family support, and organizational work-life balance (WLB) polices as the predecessors of WFC. Data were collected from over 420 sample respondents and to collect data the researchers have followed judgmental sampling and convenience sampling techniques. The study found that poor co-workers’ support and inadequate organizational WLB policies has significant impact on WFC and the ultimate results of WFC leads to poor employee performance. Besides, the study also reveals that the poor supervisory support and poor family support have negative impact on employee WFC. The study concludes with mentioning some recommendations with directions for the future researchers.