THE ROLE OF WORK-FAMILY CLIMATE IN PREDICTING WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT IN EMPLOYEES

Abstract

Work and family life is central to the lives of working adults. Work and family
problems in working adults are very complex during this pandemic, especially for
individuals who are married and have children. Conflicts that arise from the demands
of the work and family domains that require fulfillment to reduce conflicts
experienced by individuals are called work-family conflicts. Work-family conflict if
not managed properly can lead to lasting consequences that attack both physically
and mentally working adults. In order to avoid adverse effects on individual health
both physically and psychologically, prevention efforts were made by examining the
role of the antecedent variable, namely the work-family climate in predicting workfamily
conflict. This study aims to examine the role of work-family climate variables
on work-family conflict. In order to prevent the continuing consequences of workfamily
conflict, adults work for private employees during the pandemic. This
quantitative study uses survey data from 86 Central Java and DIY banking employees,
both male, and female, with the characteristics of being married. Data were obtained
using the work-family conflict scale from Calson et al., adapted by Artiawati (2012),
and the work-family climate scale from Kossek (2021), translated into Indonesian.
The results of the test using SPSS 21 with the correlation test got the results of
R=0.71 p<0.01 meaning that work-family climate and work-family climate have a
significant correlation with work-family conflict. This study shows that individual
external factors contribute to the reduction of work-family conflict among banking
employees in Central Java and Yogyakarta. The results of this study are expected to
prevent further consequences of work-family conflict, so as to protect the physical
and psychological health of individuals and individuals are able to manage workfamily
conflicts to improve employee performance and quality of life during the
pandemic.
Keywords: work-family climate, family-work climate and work-family conflict