The impact of work-family conflict on organization commitment : a comparative study between single and married women

Abstract EN

his research examines the impact of work-family conflict on the employees' commitment to their organization.

The study compared work-family conflict in single and married female employees in five governmental ministries in Kuwait.

Three hundred female employees were selected from five ministries in Kuwait City (the Ministries of Health, Justice, Education, Social Affairs, and Electricity) using random sampling technique.

The participants were split into two groups: the first group was comprised of 201 married females; the second group included 99 single females.

The women ranged in age from 21 to 50, with an average age of 42 years.

The findings revealed that married females show greater work-family conflict (WFC) than single females, and WFC has a negative impact on the commitment of employees in their different workplaces.

Future research could also focus on the nature of the service quality and satisfaction variables for the employees to determine whether these measures adequately increased the level of commitment to the organization.