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Role of Work-Family Conflict in Job Burnout: Support from the Banking Sector of Pakistan

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The main aim of this study is to determine the relationship between work-family conflict (WFC) and job burnout experienced by an employee. This study follows a cross-sectional and quantitative approach. Self-administered, ordinal scale based questionnaires are used as an instrument to collect the responses from 200 respondents, working in the head offices of two private banks in Islamabad, Pakistan. Kendall tau-b rank correlation coefficient, linear regression and one-way ANOVA are employed for testing conceptual and mathematical model. The results of statistical analysis shows that both the domains of work-family conflict i.e. family interference with work and work interference with family, significantly and positively influence the job burnout of employees. Organizations must take an initiative to resolve the work-family conflict so that the employees devote their full capacity to work and also be able to meet their family requirements easily.

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Periodical:
International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 40)
Pages:
1-12
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.40.1
Citation:
S. H. Laeeque "Role of Work-Family Conflict in Job Burnout: Support from the Banking Sector of Pakistan", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 40, pp. 1-12, 2014
Online since:
Sep 2014
Authors:
Syed Harris Laeeque
Keywords:
Family Interference with Work, Job Burnout, Work Interference with Family, Work-Family Conflict
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