Work—Family Conflict, Self-Efficacy, Job Satisfaction, and Gender: Evidences From Asia

This article examines the relationships between two types of work—family conflict (work interfering with family WIF and family interfering with work FIW), job-related self-efficacy, work satisfaction, and supervisor satisfaction in China and India. Central to the analysis is a comparison of the authors’ model between men and women, where important differences were projected to exist. Results showed that FIW was negatively associated with self-efficacy. WIF was negatively associated with work satisfaction. The relationships between WIF and work satisfaction and between FIW and self-efficacy were more negative for women than for men. No significant differences were found in any of these relationships between China and India. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.