Adverse Effect of Work Role Stress on Family Role Conflict Among Married IT Professionals in India

Abstract

Work role stress is one of the major problems that influence family role conflict of information technology (IT) professionals. The purpose of the paper is to examine the relationship between work role stress and family role conflict among married employees in the IT sector. The data is collected from 227 married IT professionals employed in different IT companies across India. The data is analysed with the help of descriptive statistics, correlation, factor analysis, and multiple regression through SPSS 21.0 software, AMOS for structural equation model (SEM) analysis. The results of the study revealed that all the determinants of work role stress do not affect family role conflict of married IT professionals. Determinants such as workload and work schedules influence family role conflict. In addition, the study findings bring out the relation between the determinants of work role stress and family role conflict. This study is important to IT companies as it helps to provide useful insights in managing family role conflict of married IT professionals.