Work-family conflict and turnover intention amongst blue-collar workers : does resilience play a role?

This study examined work-family conflict as a predictor of turnover intention, and the moderating role that resilience may have had on this relationship. Participants were bluecollar workers (N = 136) within the chemical-specialty industry in the Western Cape. Exploratory factor analysis illustrated the unidimensionality of work-family conflict, however there was a strong theoretical argument to treat work-family conflict as separate dimensions for further analysis. Higher levels of strain-based conflict were reported by female blue-collar workers than by male blue-collar workers. Simple regression analysis showed that strain-based conflict explained a significant proportion of the variance in turnover intention; however time-based conflict was found not to predict turnover intention in this model. The results for the moderating effect of resilience on the relationship between strain-based conflict and turnover intention were not significant. Implications for management working in blue-collar environments are discussed.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Organisational Psychology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Mohamed-Kohler, Yashfa

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jaga, Ameeta

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10969

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10969