Work-family conflict and organizational commitment of female lecturers of Nahdlatul Ulama University of Surabaya: an investigation of job satisfaction as a mediator using partial least square

Abstract

Abstract In spite of the importance of woman lecturer perception of work-family conflict and its influence on organizational commitment, job satisfaction can be used as a mediator, this study aims to examine an indirect influence of work-family conflict on female lecturers’ commitment to their organization. This study employed a survey of 91 female lecturers of Nahdlatul Ulama University of Surabaya. In exploring the complex relationship among work family conflicts (i.e. work interferes family and family interferes work), job satisfaction and organizational commitment, the researchers utilized partial least square to overcome the weaknesses of linear regression models. In this research, we found that female lecturers’ perception of work-family conflict was negatively related to their level of organizational commitment. In addition, perception of work interfere family and family interfere work had an indirect impact on the female lecturers’ organizational commitment through job satisfaction. This study contributed to the literature by examining organizational commitment in light of female lecturers’ perception of work family conflict and job satisfaction using partial least square to explore the complex relationship among organizational factors.