The Impact of Work - Life Conflicts on Organizational Commitment : A Case Study of Permanently Employed Female Faculty At Private Universities in Karachi

Abstract

Various studies have been carried out to test the commitment of employees particular^ women employees working in different organizations across countries. Also studies have been conducted to examine their Work-Life Conflicts. However there still exists a gap on gauging the association between employees' Work-Life Conflicts and their Organizational Commitment. This study has attempted to discover the effect of Work-lift Conflicts on Organizational Commitment among female faculty at Private Universities ir Karachi. To test association between the two variables, correlation was used. The result; were farther corroborated by the use of contingency table. The results of sample wer^ used to draw conclusion for the whole population. The method which was employed foi this purpose was t-test of correlation and chi-square test of association.

The study reveals that faculty members at private universities in Karachi have Time- Based Conflict but they do not have Strain-Based and Behavior-Based Conflict. The Female faculty at private universities have Affective, Continuance and Normative Commitment; also it has been observed that the mean value of the construct measuring Organizational Commitment shows that Affective commitment is highest in comparison to Continuance and Normative Commitment among female faculty at private universities in Karachi. Reasons have been identified for the said results through holding focus group) interviews/Discussions. This study also reveals the relationship between two critical variables (i.e. Work-Life Conflicts and Commitment to the institution) and personal variables of female faculty at private universities in Karachi.