TITLE:
The Impact of Work-Family Conflict on Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction of Female Prison Officers
AUTHORS:
Nana Yaa Amankwah, Daniel Agyemfour-Agyemang Sarpong, Daniel Nkansah
KEYWORDS:
Work-Family Conflict, Female Prison Officers, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Ghana
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.13 No.1,
March
10,
2025
ABSTRACT: The emergence of a heavy workload has disrupted the vital relationship that people have established between work and family and set the stage for the occurrence of work-family conflict. Based on this accession, this study examined the impact of work-family conflict on the job and life satisfaction of female prison officers from the sub-Saharan African context, specifically Ghana. A purposive sampling technique was employed and a sample size of 311 female prison officers from the Greater Accra and Eastern Regional command were selected. To analyse the data, the study employed partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to test the hypotheses and regression confirmation of the SEM results. The study revealed that work-family conflict has a positive significant effect on job satisfaction. However, a negative relationship was established between work-family conflict and the life satisfaction of female prison officers. This study deepens our understanding of how work-family conflict influences job and life satisfaction in a collectivist culture, as well as points to the establishment of measures to reduce work-family conflict which can lead to a high level of life dissatisfaction among female prison officers.