The Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Job Satisfaction: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) Approach

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between work-family conflict, family-work conflict andjob satisfaction using structural equation modeling. The data is obtained from 226 health service staff (doctorsand nurses) in Turkey. Considering the findings, it is concluded that health employees experience work-familyconflict more than they experience family-work conflict. Results obtained from the structural equation modelingindicate that there is a reciprocal relationship between work-family conflict and family-work conflict and thatwork-family conflict has an influence on job satisfaction whereas family-work conflict does not affect jobsatisfaction.