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Research Paper |
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Contributions of job stress and job involvement in work-family conflict of police officers in Enugu urban, Nigeria |
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Nigeria |
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Nnenna K. Ndukwe || Ejike A. Okonkwo || Uche J. Aboh || Paul I. Obodo |
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10.9790/487X-2209015564 |
Abstract: Work-family conflict likely occurs among employees who are caught between demands of work responsibilities and demands of family responsibilities. There has been much research on work-family conflict, but little effort has been made to study this in Nigerian police. Considering the theoretical assumptions of spillover theory linking job stress and job involvement to work-family conflict, this cross-sectional study investigated the contributions of job stress and job involvement in work-family conflict among police officers in Enugu urban area of Enugu State, Nigeria. Two hundred and nine (209) police officers, comprising 129 males and 80 females between the ages of 20 to 59 years (M = 39.24, SD = 6.26) were sampled using multi-stage sampling techniques. The 15-item Job...
Key Words: job stress, job involvement, work-family conflict, police officers
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