Restricted accessResearch articleFirst published online 2012-9
A Study on Interference of Work– Life Conflict between Organisational Climate and Job Satisfaction of Women Employees in the Information Technology Sector
During the past three decades, women have emerged as a powerful part of the workforce in the world economy. Women became liberated and fought for equal pay and equal status with men in the workplace. There are two major roles every working woman has to play: a work role and a family role. This article focuses on the impact of Organisational Climate as an antecedent on Job Satisfaction on women employees in the IT sector in Chennai. The sample size of 598 is identified and with the application of statistical tools, the relationship among the said variables, namely, work–family conflict as an intervening variable between Organisational Climate as a cause and Job Satisfaction as a consequence, is estimated quantitatively.
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