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A Study of the Relationship among Work-Family Linkage, Work-Family Conflict, Job Satisfaction and Relationship Quality

Work and family lives are two inseparable domains for employees in the organizations. That causes a lot of research attention on studying work-family linkage and conflict, and on how job satisfaction being affected. The highlight of this research is to understand the impact of employees¡¦ relationship and closeness with their family members, defined as relationship quality, on the relationship between work-family linkage, work-family conflict, and job satisfaction.
The purpose of this study is to find out the following questions:
1. How perceived work-family linkage is affecting work-family conflict, and how relationship quality is moderating?
2. How perceived work-family linkage is affecting job satisfaction, and how relationship quality is moderating?
3. How can work-family conflict affect job satisfaction?
The result indicates a strong relationship between work-family conflict and job satisfaction. Moreover, relationship quality plays a significant role in influencing the relationship between work-family linkage and work-family conflict. Therefore, if the organization intends to improve job satisfaction, they should really work on eliminating work-family conflict. In the meantime, employees¡¦ relationships with their family members should be valued so that work-family conflict can be decreased.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0218105-102110
Date18 February 2005
CreatorsLiu, Nai-ying
ContributorsI-heng Chen, none, none
PublisherNSYSU
Source SetsNSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Formatapplication/pdf
Sourcehttp://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0218105-102110
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