Levels of work-family conflict and work-family enrichment in South African employees : a meta-analysis

Abstract

This meta-analysis tests the levels of work-family conflict (WFC) and work-family enrichment (WFE) South African employees experience. Numerous individual quantitative research studies have been conducted on this topic, but, to date, a meta-analysis on the levels of WFC and WFE in South Africa has yet to be published. This study thus groups all results from published South African research on this topic together, to calculate mean levels of work-family conflict and enrichment, with enhanced statistical power. More specifically, mean levels of four variables, namely, work-family conflict, family-work conflict, work-family enrichment and family-work enrichment are calculated via meta-analysis. Research findings can be used to understand how South African mean levels compare to that of the Global North, and whether or not research findings from the Global North may generalize to South African contexts.