This research study investigates the negative relationship between work family conflict and career satisfaction and how the individual differences (like gender and age) may moderate it. Work-family conflict is the inter-role conflict in which responsibilities from the work and family domains are not compatible. Work-family conflict occurs when participation in the family role is made more difficult by participation in the work role. Some time ago, the consequences of work family conflict was not considerable on career outcomes but changing roles of families and more demanding professional lives change this scenario. So it is impossible to make any conclusion about career outcomes without considering work family conflict in this module. Data has collected through questionnaires and then regression and correlation tests are applied to get results which indicate the negative relationship between work family conflict and career satisfaction. Moreover the research shows that the negative relationship is significant for women compared to men and different individuals experience different level of work family conflict at different life stages. The research study suggests that individual differences should be considered while making work family conflict programs. More independent variables should be involved for broader study of the topic in future studies.
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