AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SELF-EFFICACY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORK-FAMILY BALANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship
between work-family balance, self-efficacy and job
satisfaction. A cross-sectional study was conducted
on a sample of 232 managers from various small
and medium size enterprises in Lorraine. Results of
the statistical analysis showed that “stress based”
work-family conflict was negatively related to job
satisfaction. Moreover, perceived self-efficacy was
found to moderate this relationship such that the
relationship between work-family conflict and job
satisfaction were not statistically and negatively
significant for managers reporting high levels of
self-efficacy. An investigation of self-efficacy
provides two components: work self-efficacy and
self-efficacy perceived feedback. We define self-efficacy perceived feedback as the perception of an
individual on the way its hierarchy judges its efficacy
at work. The results of this research give evidence that
work self-efficacy acts on stress work-family conflict
so that it increases job satisfaction. Conversely,
self-efficacy perceived feedback increases the
negative effects of the stress work-family conflict on
the job satisfaction. This paper offers explanations of
these opposite effects and proposes recommendations
for human resources management.