The Impact Work Family Conflict on Performance: The Case of Married Female Nurses

Abstract

Work Family Conflict (WFC) is common problem for working women. The purpose of this study is to analyse the dimensions of WFC: WIF (Work Interference with Family) & FIW (Family Interference with Work), and Performance of Working Women, and also to examine the influence of WIF and FIW on Performance of Working Woman partially and simultaneously. The research used survey method by giving questionnaires to 60 married female nurses from several Hospitals in Bandung. This study uses Partial Least Square (PLS) to analyse the relation between variables. The measurements of WFC are WIF & FIW. The measurements of Performance are Quality, Quantity, Punctuality, Cost effectiveness, Supervision needs, Interpersonal impact, Communication (oral-written), Job understanding / personal effectiveness, Teamwork, Achievement of performance results, Initiative / commitment. WIF has significant and negative impact on Performance of Working Women, the impact is about 46.7% (moderate). FIW has significant and negative impact on Performance of Working Women, the impact is about 42.4% (moderate). WIF & FIW has moderate impact on Performance of Working Women simultaneously, the impact is about 47.4%.