Organizational Commitment, Gender- Role Ideology And Personality Type As Predictors Of Work- Family Conflict In Plateau State Tertiary Institutions

Abstract

The study investigated Organizational Commitment (OC), Gender Role Ideology (GRI), and Personality

Type (PT) as predictors of Work Family Conflict (WFC) in Plateau State Tertiary Institutions. 207

participants drawn from 3 Plateau State Tertiary institutions participated in the study. Four instruments:

Work Family Conflict Scale, Organizational Commitment Scale, Gender Role Ideology Scale, and Big

Five Inventory were used to collect the data. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the data. The

result showed that neither Organizational Commitment OC nor Gender Role Ideology GRI was

significant as was hypothesized. Personality Type when considered as a whole variable was also not

significant, but revealed a significant prediction with agreeableness (β = .18), F (5, 207) = 2.58, p < .01.

Thus, only agreeableness as a personality factor predicts work family conflict. Discussions and

recommendations were made.