Abstract:
This study sought to address the determinants of work-family conflict among
female teachers and how it affects their job satisfaction. The specific
objectives of the study were to identify the determinants of work-family
conflict; assess the differences between work-family conflict among married
and unmarried female teachers; and examine the effect of work-family conflict
on satisfaction of female teachers. A total of 250 respondents were used for
the study. The lottery method of the simple random sampling was used to
select respondents. Questionnaires were used to collect data and correlation,
post-hoc Tukey test and regression analysis were ran. The study revealed that
financial contributions; work overloads both at home and in school; number of
students handled by teachers; as well as the number of family members one
caters for determine work-family conflict among female teachers. The study
again indicated that work-family conflict among married female teachers was
higher than unmarried female teachers. It also emerged that there was a
negative relationship between work-family conflict and job satisfaction of
female teachers. It is recommended that female teachers must balance their
loyalty to both their families and jobs; spouses, family members as well as
supervisors must offer the needed support to female teachers to enable them
give off their best. Again, financial pressure as well as high dependency on
working female teachers must be reduced in order to reduce work-family
conflict.
