The effect of Work-family Conflict on Job satisfaction and Mental Health

Document Type : Original

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran

2 Student of Master of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

Abstract

satisfaction, it is proposed to managers that they should decrease Background and aim: Work-family conflict is an important issue in the field of work and family research. It seems that, this specific kind of role conflict increases in some special occupations, such as tour workers. The research was designed to investigate the effect of work-family conflict on mental health and job satisfaction regarding the mediating role of job stress, in Tours employees of Iranian National Drilling Company(INDC). Method: Data was collected from 288 tours employees of Iranian National Drilling Company. Structural equation modeling (SEM) through AMOS 18 was used for data analysis. Findings: The results indicated that, there was a significant relationship between work-family conflict and mental health and job satisfaction with full mediating role of job stress. Conclusion: To increase employees’ mental health and job workplace stressors and conflicts between work and family of employees

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