Family Conflict Among Parents in Owerri : The Need for Balancing Family-Work Roles

The study was designed to examine work-family-conflict among parents in Owerri and propose strategies for balancing family-work-roles. Work-family-conflict is a type of inter-role-conflict which can be time-based, strain-based or behavior-based. The study was carried out by using the survey research design and self-designed structured questionnaire with two point likert format as data collection instrument and complemented by informal in-depth interviews. The subjects of the study comprised of 200 randomly selected parents in Owerri Municipal and its environs. The Chi-square (X2) statistic set at 0.05 alpha level was used to analyze the data of the study. The results indicated that working hours significantly impede work-family roles. Job location can lead to work-family conflict and that family size affects work-family roles. The investigators made ten (10) recommendations based on the findings of the study