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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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ISSN: 2222-6990

Relationship between Work-Family Conflict, Organizational Commitment and Welfare in The Workplace among Working Women

Nurul-Azza Abdullah, Nursya Fitrah binti Adenan, Nur Shaffika Izzaty Mohd Zaiedy

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i3/8925

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Women's involvement in the professional career sector is increasing today. The increase of women in the workforce has involved them in a variety of tasks which could lead to changes in their family structure and workplace. This situation will create conflict, impact commitment, and even affect the well-being of women in the workplace. Therefore, the objective of this study is to see how conflict, commitment, and well-being are related to working women. This quantitative study applied questionnaire techniques which is a survey method to collect data. This study was conducted in several districts in Selangor using Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ) by Porter and Smith (1970), Work-Family Conflict Questionnaire by Kelloway, Gottlieb, and Barham (1999) and Well Being at Work Scale by Paschoal and Tamayo (2008). The findings of this study indicate that the existence of a significant impact relationship between work-family conflict and organizational commitment and also identified age and duration variability of marriage is a significant predictor of well-being in the workplace.

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In-Text Citation: (Abdullah et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Abdullah, N.-A., Adenan, N. F. binti, & Zaiedy, N. S. I. M. (2021). Relationship between Work-Family Conflict, Organizational Commitment and Welfare in The Workplace among Working Women. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(3), 154-168.