The Influence of Workplace Facilities on Lactating Working Mothers’Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment: A Case Study of Lactating Working Mothers in Accra, Ghana

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of workplace facilities on lactating working mothers’ jobsatisfaction and their commitment level at work. The subjects for the study were two hundred and sixty lactatingworking mothers who were working full time from five different organizations in the Accra Metropolis in Ghanawith age range of 24-41 years, mean age of 32.2 and a standard deviation of 8.8. Data were analyzed usingdescriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used at 0.05 levels ofsignificance. The findings of the study revealed that, lactating working mothers who get Workplace Facilities aremore committed to their work and also more satisfied with their work than those who do not get workplacefacilities. This paper, therefore, suggests that employers should provide workplace facilities for lactating workingmothers who want to continue the practice of exclusive breastfeeding when they return to work, Since theprovision of workplace facilities benefit both the employers, the child and the working mothers. The result of thisstudy is to help policy makers in Ghana to have a second look at the Ghana labour Act (2003) about employment ofwomen especially lactating mothers who want to continue the practice of exclusive breastfeeding with full timework. The findings will also educate employers in Ghana about the benefit of workplace facilities for lactatingworking mothers and the organization as a whole.