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The development of the information technology era and the development of the economic sector has improved the living standards of society today which has led to the involvement of partners as the core of a family in making a living and providing facilities to children and family members, resulting in the demand to work overtime to accommodate existing needs. The need to play a role in the family and in the workplace to achieve satisfaction ensure a good quality of life increases which requires low conflict influence. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between life satisfaction and quality of life to work and family conflict where a total of 100 respondents with families were selected to participate in this study. The Work Family Conflict Scale (WFCS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), and the Quality-of-Life scale were used to see the influence of work family conflict on individual’s life satisfaction and quality of life. The data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. The results of the study found that there was a correlation between work family conflict and life satisfaction but not with quality of life. Further discussions on the findings are reported in the article.
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To Cite this Article: Mokhtar, D., Ruslan, M. I. I. M., & Abdullah, N.-A. (2021). The Relationship Between Work and Family Conflict on Life Satisfaction and Quality of Life among Employees in the Health Sector. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(7), 89–99.
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