Oyewobi, L O; Oke, A E; Adeneye, T D; Jimoh, R A and Windapo, A O (2022) Impact of work–life policies on organizational commitment of construction professionals: Role of work–life balance. International Journal of Construction Management, 22(10), pp. 1795-1805. ISSN 1562-3599
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between work–life policies (WLPs) and organizational commitment, and determines if work–life balance (WLB) mediates in the relationship as it concerns female construction professionals. The study adopted a quantitative research method to obtain data from 120 women professionals in the Nigerian construction industry. The paper presents a conceptual model to formulate hypotheses which were tested using PLS-SEM path analysis. The findings indicate that WLB enhances positive organizational commitment, because it partially mediates the relationship between WLPs and organizational commitment. The contribution of this study is that it affords managers and employees the opportunity to understand the significance of providing WLPs that will enable employees to balance their work and family responsibilities, which in turn increases organizational commitment. This research, the first of its kind, focused on the work–life balance of female construction professionals in the Nigerian construction industry, and the findings have implications for both practitioners and academics.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | career development; organizational commitment; path analysis; work–life balance; work–life policies |
| Index terms: | career, practitioner, manager, construction industry, path analysis, construction professional, women, organizational commitment, quantitative research |
| Subjects: | data analysis and analytics, practitioner, sociology, statistical analysis, industry analysis, professional development |
| Topics: | Organizational Design, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Information Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTA |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here