Influence of Family-Work Conflict on Job Performance of Academic and Non- Academic Staff of Universities in Kwara State

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dc.contributor.authorGbadebo, C. T.,
dc.contributor.authorSalami, L.I.,
dc.contributor.authorOluwadare, A. A:
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T08:00:54Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T08:00:54Z
dc.date.issued2019-03
dc.description.abstractAbstract The study investigated the influence of family-work conflict on job performance of academic and non-academic staff of universities in Kwara State. Four research questions were raised and one corresponding hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all academic and non-academic staff of state and federal universities in Kwara State of Nigeria, numbering Four Thousand One Hundred and Nine (4.109). The sample comprised Five Hundred and Eighty-Seven (587) Academic (204) and Non-academic (383) staff constituting about fifteen per cent (75%) of the population Multi-stage sampling technique was used in the selection of the samples. The instrument was a questionnaire tagged 'Work Load Job Performance Family-Work Conflict Questionnaire (WLJPFWCO) for Academic and for Non-Academic Staff. The respective instruments had reliability coefficient of 0.821 for academic staff scale and 0.869 for non- academic staff. Data collected were analysed using frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation. The mull hypothesis was tested using t-test. The findings revealed that the university in staff experienced different types of family-work and work-family conflicts. The most common problems within the family-work conflict are spouse not helping with duties at home (36.6%) some husbands prevent wife from attending conferences for lack of trust (37.6%), and within work-Family conflicts respondents are too preoccupied at work to help children with home work (56.2%) and have only weekends to spend time with family (56.2%). The result of the hypotheses revealed a significant difference between academic and non-academic staff regarding the influence of family-work conflict on their job performance.(P<0.05) The study revealed that family work conflict is demanding for academics compared to non-academics. Based on the findings it was concluded that family-work conflict has a significant influence Job performance of academic staff than non-academic staff. The study recommends that lecturers need to apply technology based approaches in their work. Workshops and seminars on work-family issues should be organized by family life educators to assist employed parents in identifying factors that contribute to family-work and work-family conflict and strategies for dealing with such.en_US
dc.identifier.issn978-37772-6-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2881
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHome Economics Professional Association of Nigeria (HEPAN).en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 7 No 1;No 1 pg 139--153
dc.subjectWork-family Conflict,en_US
dc.subjectAcademic Staff,en_US
dc.subjectNon-Academic Staff,en_US
dc.subjectUniversitiesen_US
dc.subjectJob Performanceen_US
dc.titleInfluence of Family-Work Conflict on Job Performance of Academic and Non- Academic Staff of Universities in Kwara Stateen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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