Naslov
Impact of personal factors on the work life conflict and its co-influence with organizational factors on employee commitment in Croatia

Autori
Koričan Lajtman, Mirna

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, doktorska disertacija

Fakultet
St. Gallen University

Mjesto
St. Gallen

Datum
01.09

Godina
2015

Stranica
168

Mentor
Li Choy Chong

Neposredni voditelj
Martin Hilb

Ključne riječi
work-life conflict ; personal factors ; organizational commitment

Sažetak
The nature of the workplace, today is affected by different family and work- related factors. When compared to businesses several decades ago, companies today compete in a globalized market marked surrounded by high technological complexity. They are under pressure to increase the speed and development of their businesses. Additionally they face major demographic shifts related to age, gender, language, and cultural expectations. In the workforce today there are more women in general, single parent families and dual career couples compared to previous decades. Emphasis on profits and results pressures companies to extend their working hours, which interferes with family and private life of their employees. These interferences and different expectations and demands from work and life cause work life conflict. Work life conflict has consequences on employee performance, and many companies are trying to prevent it. It comes as no surprise that from 2000 and 2010 work life conflict was one of the most researched topics. This dissertation covers several research gaps. Previous research was mostly focused on objective factors such as demographic variables. Additionally, correlations between work life conflict and organizational commitment in different researches were found inconsistent. Lastly, Croatia is put in the focus of this dissertation due to its shift from a socialist to a capitalist system and its undeveloped research on this topic. This dissertation explores a more holistic model of antecedents and consequences of the work life conflict in Croatia. The results show that while several objective personal and organizational factors explain the work life conflict, intensity of work life conflict is better predicted by subjective personal and organizational factors. Also, the relationship between the work life conflict and organizational commitment is explained via the mediation of job stress and job satisfaction

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti

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