The role of social support in preventing job-family role conflict

Subject Areas : Journal of Iranian Social Development Studies

SeyedAlireza Afshani ¹ , Lida Hatefi-rad ²

1 - Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
2 - PhD in Sociology of Iran's Social Issues, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

Received: 2023-11-30 Accepted : 2024-02-28 Published : 2024-03-09

Keywords: Role conflict, Work- family, Women, Social support, Support of family,

Abstract :

Work and family are two main areas in every body's life that simultaneous involvement with dual roles of these two has some effect on the organization, the individual and his family. This research aims to examine social support of employed people among employed women in Yazd which is one of social factors related to work- family conflict. Research method was survey and data collected by a questionnaire and 323 employed woman selected by cluster sampling method. Data were analyzed by the statistical software’s, namely SPSS and AMOS. The Findings of this study indicate that social support of employed people had significant and negative relationship with work-family conflict. Also there is a significant and negative relationship between social support of family and social support of supervisor with work- family conflict. In contrast, no significant relationship was found between social support from colleagues and role conflict. Thus, social support from family and work is essential in order to reduce the pressure and stress of female employees.

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