Work-family conflict and employee job satisfaction: A comparison of state-owned and foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam
Journal Title: Journal of Asian Business Strategy - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 4
Abstract
Work and family issues have been long discussed in academic and practices. Work affects family and personal life and vice versa. The relationship of work and family could lead to positive consequences (e.g. Improved skills, morale) or negative consequences (e.g. Conflict, strain, exhaustion) to employees. The aims of this paper is to investigate the effects of work-family conflict on job satisfaction and compare the differences between employees working in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and Foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in Vietnam. Respondents for this study were obtained from 49 employees from SOEs and 35 employees from FIEs in Vietnam. Descriptive analysis, independent-sample t-test and hierarchical regression analysis were conducted to analyse the data. The results of the study reveal that job satisfaction were found to be significantly different, but work-to-family conflict and family-to-work conflict were not significantly differ between the employees from SOEs and FIEs. Moreover, work-to-family conflict (WIF) and family-to-work (FIW) conflict are not the significant predictors for employee job satisfaction in both enterprises. The findings suggest that cultural value affects the link between work-family conflict and job satisfaction to some extent. Research limitation and recommendation for future research on this topic were discussed.
Authors and Affiliations
Nguyen Thuy Linh, Teh Jin, Tee Kiong , Benjamin Yin Fah
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP118079
- DOI -
- Views 122
- Downloads 0
Evaluation of the banking system on the basis of expectations and actual experiences of the customers: A comparison of Islamic and conventional banks in Punjab, Pakistan
Purpose of this research is to evaluate the competitiveness of Islamic banks in comparison with conventional banks on the basis of expectations and actual experiences of customers. For this, data had been collected from...
Analysing the effect of microenterprise development on rural households’ savings in the Tolon district of Ghana: A switching regression approach
This paper examined the effect of microenterprise development on rural household saving in the Tolon district of Northern region of Ghana. It involved 105 farm households selected through a two-stage sampling appro...
Demographic variables and retail choice pattern amongst urban Nigeria consumers
The policy importance of demographic studies is yet to be fully tapped as changes in retail pattern in most cities are worth explaining. The study looked at the impact of consumer demographics variables on consumer...
On the relationship between foreign trade and regional disparity in China in the post-reform era
Since the reform and opening policy carried out in the 1980s, and after China joined the WTO, foreign trade becomes an important part of China’s national income. Some regions have gained great benefits from foreign...
An analysis of the trade barriers to the Chinese cultural trade
Chinese cultural trade possesses great developing potential. However, the strengths of Chinese cultural trade are hindered by barriers either set by other countries or induced by inherent differences. Although it i...