Relationship work-family conflict with organizational commitment: moderator role of perceived organizational justice

Subject Areas : Educational

Narges Sadat Mortazavi ¹ , hamidreza oreyzi ²

1 - psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Professor, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Received: 2018-04-25 Accepted : 2019-08-25 Published : 2020-05-21

Keywords: Work-Family Conflict, perceived organizational justice, Organizational Commitment,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship work-family conflict with organizational commitment considering moderator role of perceived organizational justice. The population was 623 employees of an industrial company that the pay for performance plan was implemented, that 138 subjects were selected through random sampling, in order to completing the following three research questionnaires included 5 items Work Family Conflict Scale (Siegel, Post, Brockner, Fishman & Garden, 2005), 4items Procedural Justice Scale(Bies,1987) and 15items Organizational Commitment (Mowday, Porter & Steers,1982). Data was analyzed using the hierarchical regression and moderate analysis. The findings indicated employees, who perceive high justice increased their commitment to the organization, when they have a low level of family work conflict.

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