Effect of Work-Family Conflict on Quality of Work-Life in Ghana

Abstract

The study sought to find the relationship between Work- Family Conflict (WFC) and Quality of Work-Life (QWL), specifically, sex differences in WFC, the relationship between WFC and QWL and the differences in WFC and QWL between dual-earner couples and single- earner couples. Data were collected from 172 employees using a battery of questionnaires. Data collected were analysed using a series of tests including regression analysis and multi-variate analysis of variance (MANOVA) methods. It was observed that, females employees experience WFC more than their male counterparts. However, WFC did not significantly relate to QWL and no significant difference in WFC and QWL was observed between dual-earner couples and single-earners. The implications of the findings, limitations and recommendation for future studies are discussed.

Keywords: Work-Family Conflict (WFC), Quality of Work-Life (QWL), Couple Earner Type