Predictive Influence of Workplace Flexibility and Workplace Spirituality on Work-Family Conflict among Anambra State Private Secondary School Teachers

Abstract

The study examined the predictive influence of workplace flexibility and workplace spirituality on work-family conflict of private secondary school teachers in Anambra State. 227 private secondary school teachers drawn from eleven 11 private secondary schools
that participated in the study. They comprised of 191 females and 36 males whose age ranged from 26-49, with a mean age of 33.50 and a standard deviation of 3.20. Three research instruments were used for the study: workplace flexibility scale, workplace  spirituality inventory and work-family conflict scale. Three hypotheses were tested in the study. Hypothesis one which stated that workplace flexibility will significantly and negatively predict work-family conflict among private secondary school teachers in Anambra State was supported at β = -.33 p <.05 (n = 227). The second hypothesis which stated that workplace spirituality will significantly and negatively predict work-family conflict among private secondary school teachers in Anambra State was also supported at β = -.20, p <.05 (n= 227). Hypothesis three stated that workplace flexibility and workplace spirituality will significantly and negatively predict work-family conflict among private secondary school teachers in Anambra State. Again, this hypothesis was supported at β = - .23, p < .05 (n =227). In line with these findings, it was recommended that there is need to revise working policies in schools to make them tailor-fit to the teachers, to their family challenges and other engagements which also compete for their time, energy and resources. It was also recommended that there is need to promote and encourage members’ goodwill or discretionary behaviors to arbitrarily improve on workplace spirituality with teachers assisting each other to reduce other pressures outside work such as family.