The Effect of the Work-Family Conflict and Employee's Job Satisfaction towards the Organization Commitment

Jurnal Siasat Bisnis Vol 18 No 2, Juli 2014. pp:143-151

THE EFFECT OF THE WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT AND
EMPLOYEE’S JOB SATISFACTION TOWARDS THE
ORGANIZATION COMMITMENT

Harrie Lutfie
Arif Partono Prasetio
Dini Turipanam Alamanda

Abstract

Companies in Indonesia are facing more challenging business and the high intensity of competition between the players.To cope with the competition, company need to prepare their resources well. The high demand and fierce competition in all industry make the company difficult to find a good people. The scarcity of human resources required the company to maintain the people who already work for them.Employers want their employees to have a strong commitment towards the job and organization. This research will identify the job satisfaction and the work-family conflict experienced by the employees and analyze whether they have an effect towards the organization commitment. We distribute the questionnaire in an online method for two weeks and we have 79 respondents from several industries. The descriptive analysis and multiple regressions conducted to analyze the findings. The research showed the level of work-family conflict experience by employeesare average, the job satisfaction level is quite high, and the organization commitment is at low level. We also found that the relation between work-family conflict and job satisfaction withemployee commitment is relatively weak (R = 0,412). Also the contribution from both independent variables is only 0,169 (16,9%). Simultaneously, the organization commitment affected by the work- family conflict and job satisfaction. Partially, only job satisfaction which significantly affect the organization commitment.

Keywords: work-family conflict, job satisfaction, employee commitment, multiple regressions

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