Work Time and Family Time Conflict among Female Bankers: Any Relationship?

Abstract

Many of the women in this part of the world who have made inroad into paid employment are found in the banking sector with its built-in time demands which required them to spend long hours in the office despite the traditional gender-role socialization which force them to spend a lot of time on domestic responsibilities. Against this background, this study  investigated work-family time conflict (time-based work interference with family and time-based family interference with work) relationship.  Participants comprised 81 female bankers between the ages of 27 to 40 years (M=31.55) drawn from three branches of Fidelity bank in Enugu metropolis using Multi-stage sampling technique. Eight (8)-item Time-based Work Interference with Family and 6-item Time-based Family Interference with Work Scales drawn from Okonkwo (2011) 32-item Work-family Conflict Scale were administered. Correlational design was used. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient revealed no relationship between time-based work interference with family and  time-based family interference with work (p >.05). This result was discussed in the light of Role Strain Theory. It was concluded that time-based work interference with family was not related to time-based family interference with work among this segment of women. Thus, despite the long hours spent on job responsibilities, Nigerian female bankers still balanced their work time and family time.

Keywords: Work-family, Time, Conflict, Female Bankers.