Dukungan keluarga dan konflik pekerjaan-keluarga pada ibu bekerja: Menguji peran relasi sosial sebagai mediator
Family support and work-family conflict in working mothers: Testing the role of social relations as a mediator
Abstract
The research aims to determine the effect of family support on work-family conflict in working mothers through social relations of equity matching and communal sharing. The research uses an indigenous psychology approach. The research was conducted in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the characteristics of the research subjects were wives who identified themselves as ethnic Javanese, had children under 12 years old who lived with the subjects and worked as professionals. Research data collection used the work-family conflict scale, husband's support scale, family support scale, communal sharing social relations scale, equity matching social relations scale given to 296 research subjects. Analysis of the research data used was to test the measurement model simultaneously on 4 constructs using path analysis. Based on the model test results, it was found that the family support model in Javanese family social relations for working mothers who experience work-family conflict has been empirically tested. The implication of the research results obtained in the form of a model of family support in family social relations for working mothers who experience work-family conflict is a truly pure understanding of Indonesian people so that this model can be applied according to the Indonesian cultural context.Downloads
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