Research purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of work pressure on work-family
conflict as reported by South African academic research. Furthermore, the study
examines the influence of employees working in gendered industries on the
association between work pressure and work-family conflict.
Motivation for study
There is currently no meta-analytic study employing just South African samples to
investigate work-family conflict As researchers are often confronted with conflicting
findings from different studies, this study aims to make sense of work-family conflict
in South Africa by reporting on its current status using all available published
literature.
Research design, approach and methods
This study followed a meta-analytic approach in order to investigate the current state
of work-family conflict in South Africa according to the published quantitative
academic literature. As such, correlations between sources of work pressure and
work-family conflict reported in articles were used in order to calculate overall
estimations of the association between work pressure, industry, and work-family
conflict. Main findings
Results indicate that various sources of work pressure, as well as overall work
pressure, are positively associated with work-family conflict. Regarding industry,
results indicate that the industry, that is, whether industries are numerically male- or
female-dominated, moderates the association between work pressure and workfamily
conflict in such a way that employees in male-dominated industries
experience increased work-family conflict compared to employees in femaledominated
industries.
Limitations
Results should be interpreted bearing in mind that the types of industries in which
samples were collected were very limited, and as such, results might not be
applicable to all male- or female-dominated industries in South Africa. Also
impinging on the true nature of the work-family conflict relationship with work
pressure and industry, is the limited number of articles included in the study because
there are a limited number of published studies which have been conducted in South
Africa. Lastly, the manner in which samples were categorised as male- or femaledominated
does not guarantee a masculine or feminine culture within those
organisations respectively. Future research
It is suggested that similar studies regarding work-family conflict and industry
conducted in the future categorise industries as male- or female-dominated
according to the nature of the cultures in those organisations--either masculine or
feminine. Classifying organisations as male- or female-dominated in this manner
should provide more representative results of the true nature of the association
between work-family conflict and industry. Researchers should also try to obtain a
more representative sample of male- and female-dominated industries in order to
make the results applicable to a wider range of sectors.
Conclusion
Insight was given into the current nature of work-family conflict in South Africa as
reported by the available published academic literature. The association between
work pressure, industry, and work-family conflict is reported. / Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2016. / tm2016 / Human Resource Management / MCom / Unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/57156 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Heyns, Theo |
| Contributors | Hoobler, Jenny, u10107780@tuks.co.za |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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