Life of Females in Pakistani Aviation: Assessing the Relationship of Work-Family Conflict With Stress and Job Satisfaction

Abstract

This research analyzes how work-family conflict affects the job performance and job stress of women working in Pakistani aviation. Work-family conflict can be considered an important topic of study in a collectivist culture like Pakistan. A woman is considered a homemaker and tends to operate in allegiance to her family. Therefore, given aviation jobs nature, it is significant to study how women thrive in them. A survey of 200 questionnaires was distributed to female pilots, air hostesses and ground staff. Linear regression and correlation were used to test the hypothesis. A positive correlation was found between work-family, job stress, and job performance. The directing impact of organization support debilitates the connection between work-family conflict and job performance, but it has no moderating role in job stress. Further, the moderating role of collectivist culture was studied, which showed that it weakens the connection between job performance and work-family conflict. However, it has no critical impact on job stress. This research will help supervisors in improving employee organization relationships. It will also help the organizations design the policies and incentives to help female employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.