The Effect of Work- Family Conflict (WFC) on Life Satisfaction: the mediation roles of Job Stress and Job Satisfaction In face-to-face and virtual teaching from the perspective of professors

Abstract

The purpose of this research was investigating the effect of Work- Family Conflict on Life Satisfaction and the mediation roles of Job Stress and Job Satisfaction. This research was descriptive correlation. The statistical population included university professors and 384 people were selected by available sampling Data collection was performed using electronic questionnaires and statistical analysis was performed with SPSS and SMARTPLS 3. The results showed that with the increase in WFC, life satisfaction decreased only in the situation of virtual teaching; The effect of job stress on life satisfaction was not significant in both face-to-face and virtual situations; The effect of WFC on life satisfaction with partial mediation of job satisfaction was significant only in situation of virtual teaching; And the role of job stress in the relationship between WFC and job satisfaction was confirmed as a partial mediator. The results of comparing the mean differences showed that the interaction of work with family based on strain in the virtual teaching situation was more than the face-to-face teaching situation and the professors were in a much worse situation.

Keywords

• life satisfaction
• work-family conflict
• job stress
• job satisfaction