Work Family Conflict And Stress
Work - Family Conflict and
Stress: Evidence from
Malaysia
Presenting by :
SARASWATHY H. KANABATI
&
VISHARATH MURUGASAN
Published in
Journal of Economics, Business and
Management, Vol. 3, No. 2, February 2015
Written by
Nurnazirah Jamadin, Samsiah Mohamad,
Zurwina Syarkawi, and Fauziah Noordin
INTRODUCTION
• Work and family are most important parts in human life that are not easily separated.
• Employees often ended with conflict and dilemma in giving priority to both career and family.
• Create a personal pressure to the employees.
• Research on stress is widely found in the work environments in western countries but rarely found in Asia particularly in Malaysian.
INTRODUCTION
• The earlier study on sources of stress at the work place in
Malaysia found that there are numerous other unmeasured variables that can contribute to stress at the work place.
• Family factors, socio-economic and financial status, and mental and physical health factors.
• This study intends to investigate the influence of work family conflict among the semi government employees particularly in east Malaysia.
JOB STRESS
• Job stress can be defined as the inability to cope with the pressures in a job.
• Stress has the implications for the individual as well as the organization and it can no longer be considered merely as the individual manager’s problem.
• Employees can result in lower productivity and have an effect on the entire organization.
WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT
• Work – family conflict has been defined as a mutual incompatibility between the demands of the work role and demand of the family role.
• Although engaging in both work and family roles can have positive effects for individuals but if workers are unable to balance the responsibilities associated with both roles, the potential for conflicts between roles increases.
• In the work setting, women encounter more stress as compared to men. The main reason is women have to balance their responsibilities towards their work and
Stress: Evidence from
Malaysia
Presenting by :
SARASWATHY H. KANABATI
&
VISHARATH MURUGASAN
Published in
Journal of Economics, Business and
Management, Vol. 3, No. 2, February 2015
Written by
Nurnazirah Jamadin, Samsiah Mohamad,
Zurwina Syarkawi, and Fauziah Noordin
INTRODUCTION
• Work and family are most important parts in human life that are not easily separated.
• Employees often ended with conflict and dilemma in giving priority to both career and family.
• Create a personal pressure to the employees.
• Research on stress is widely found in the work environments in western countries but rarely found in Asia particularly in Malaysian.
INTRODUCTION
• The earlier study on sources of stress at the work place in
Malaysia found that there are numerous other unmeasured variables that can contribute to stress at the work place.
• Family factors, socio-economic and financial status, and mental and physical health factors.
• This study intends to investigate the influence of work family conflict among the semi government employees particularly in east Malaysia.
JOB STRESS
• Job stress can be defined as the inability to cope with the pressures in a job.
• Stress has the implications for the individual as well as the organization and it can no longer be considered merely as the individual manager’s problem.
• Employees can result in lower productivity and have an effect on the entire organization.
WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT
• Work – family conflict has been defined as a mutual incompatibility between the demands of the work role and demand of the family role.
• Although engaging in both work and family roles can have positive effects for individuals but if workers are unable to balance the responsibilities associated with both roles, the potential for conflicts between roles increases.
• In the work setting, women encounter more stress as compared to men. The main reason is women have to balance their responsibilities towards their work and