Role Of Cultural Variations, Self-Esteem And Gender In Work-Family Conflict

ABSTRACT

The research study investigated the roles of cultural variations, self-esteem and gender in workfamily

conflict. Seven hundred and thirty six (736) self selected workers drawn from six

randomly selected federal institutions in three geo-political zones in Nigeria participated in the

study. The institutions include: Bayero University Kano and Kaduna polytechnic (Both in

North-West Nigeria), Federal University of Technology Owerri and University of Nigeria

Nsukka (Both in South-East Nigeria) and University of Ibadan and University of Lagos (Both in

South-West Nigeria). The participants consist of married male (n =425) and female (n=311)

representatives of the three cultural groups of interest (Hausa = 188, Igbo = 314 and Yoruba =

234). Two instruments were used to measure two out of the four factors in the study. The scales

included: Carlson, Kacmar and Williams’ (2000) work-family conflict scale and Hudson’s Index

of self-esteem measure (1982). Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test for the influence

of the three main effects of cultural variations, self-esteem and gender on work-family conflict.

Results revealed that cultural variation had a significant influence on work-family conflict F (2,

724) = 5.04, P

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