Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction between Work-To-Family Conflict and Safety Participation among Commercial Drivers of Pakistan

Abstract

Employee’s safety has come under limelight of organizational policy. Organizations are investing on employee safety training and participation to build their image as well as to contribute in employee well-being. Previous literature suggested association between strains based work-to-family conflicts, job satisfaction, and safety participation. The purpose of this empirical paper is to investigate the effect of work family conflict on safety participation with mediating role of job satisfaction. Moreover, the social exchange theory was adopted to explain research framework of the study. The research was quantitative in nature and adopted cross-sectional research design. Data was collected from 217 respondents by using convenience sampling technique in Karachi region. The research finding reveal new insight by providing evidence of insignificant direct association between strains based work family conflict andsafety participation. Furthermore, finding also reveals that job satisfaction significantly mediates the relationship of strains based work family conflict with safety participation.This paper was originally inspired by world Health organization (WHO)news, which reported thatone million individual died every yeardue to street accidents in the world.