ABSTRACT

The number of dual-income families in Nigeria is on the increase due to economic and educational changes occurring in the country. Despite this shift, the exclusive traditional demands on women in the family are not relaxed. Hence, working mothers face more stress than their male counterparts. Since organizations are not up to speed in formulating family-friendly policies to help working mothers cope with additional responsibilities [Amah, O. E. (2010). Family–work conflict and the availability of work–family friendly policy relationships in married employees: The moderating role of work centrality and career consequence. Research and Practice in Human Resource Management, 18(2), 35–46], working mothers may have to resort to family resources in an attempt to cope with these responsibilities. Extended family support is considered a possible family resource which can be used by working mothers in the absence of organizational support. Data are collected from 300 working mothers across five organizations using cross-sectional research design. Results indicate that extended family support reduced family-to-work conflict and enhanced family satisfaction, while family-to-work conflict reduced family satisfaction. Work-to-family conflict played no significant role in the model tested. The implication is that resources obtained by expanding the definition of the family are useful to working mothers. Hence, it may be necessary for organizations to factor extended family members into their family-friendly policies to enable working mothers manage any unintended negative consequences of utilizing extended family support.

摘要

由于该国发生的经济和教育变化，尼日利亚的双收入家庭数量正在增加。尽管发生了这种变化，但对家庭妇女的传统传统要求并未放松。因此，与母亲相比，在职母亲面临的压力更大。由于组织没有及时制定家庭友好政策来帮助职业母亲应对额外的责任[Amah，OE（2010）。已婚员工的家庭工作冲突和工作与家庭友好的政策关系的可用性：工作中心性和职业后果的调节作用。人力资源管理研究与实践，18（2），[35-46]，在职母亲可能不得不诉诸家庭资源来应对这些责任。大家庭支持被认为是一种可能的家庭资源，在没有组织支持的情况下，在职母亲可以使用这种资源。使用横断面研究设计从五个组织的300名在职母亲中收集数据。结果表明，扩大的家庭支持减少了家庭对工作的冲突并提高了家庭满意度，而家庭对工作的冲突则降低了家庭满意度。家庭与家庭之间的冲突在测试的模型中没有扮演重要角色。这意味着通过扩大家庭的定义而获得的资源对正在工作的母亲很有用。因此，