Influence of Age, Social Support and Family-Work Conflict of College Students

Hannah L. Anness, Abel Gitimu Waithaka, Priscilla N. Gitimu

Abstract: The study examined the influence of age, social support and work-family conflict of college students. The sample size of the study was 150 participants, 61 males (41%) and 89 females (59%). The participants responded to two instruments, demographic instrument with 10 items and work spillover instrument that had 20 items. The study found a significance difference on age work spillover with older students having higher spillover to younger students. A significant difference was also found on younger students having higher work-conflict than older students. Student with low social support showed a significantly higher overall work spillover that those who had high social support.

Keywords: work spillover, social support, work-family conflict, family-work conflict.

Title: Influence of Age, Social Support and Family-Work Conflict of College Students

Author: Hannah L. Anness, Abel Gitimu Waithaka, Priscilla N. Gitimu

International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research

ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)

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Vol. 4, Issue 1, January 2016 – March 2016

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Influence of Age, Social Support and Family-Work Conflict of College Students by Hannah L. Anness, Abel Gitimu Waithaka, Priscilla N. Gitimu