http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).22
10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).22
Published : Sep 2019
Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan
This study is carried out to know the level of role conflict, marital quality and career satisfaction of dual career couples across the selected demographics in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Demographic features including gender, age, parenthood, family type and form of marriage were selected as independent variables while role conflict, marital quality and career satisfaction were selected as dependent variables. Data was collected through three point Likert scale from the purposively selected 388 respondents in six universities and three hospitals in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The data was analysed through T-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). It was found that gender, age, parenthood, family type and marital form were significantly determining the level of role conflict, marital quality and career satisfaction of the study participants. It is concluded from the study that demographic features of the couples significantly influence the issues of work life balance of the dual career couples.
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Conflict, Family, Parenthood, Quality, Satisfaction.
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(1) Khalil ur Rahman
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Tariq Anwar Khan
Lecturer,Department of Political Science,Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Kiramat Ullah
Lecturer, Department of Political Science,Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Rahman, K. u., Khan, T. A., & Ullah, K. (2019). Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV(III), 195-205. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).22
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CHICAGO : Rahman, Khalil ur, Tariq Anwar Khan, and Kiramat Ullah. 2019. "Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV (III): 195-205 doi: 10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).22
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HARVARD : RAHMAN, K. U., KHAN, T. A. & ULLAH, K. 2019. Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan. Global Regional Review, IV, 195-205.
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MHRA : Rahman, Khalil ur, Tariq Anwar Khan, and Kiramat Ullah. 2019. "Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV: 195-205
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MLA : Rahman, Khalil ur, Tariq Anwar Khan, and Kiramat Ullah. "Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan." Global Regional Review, IV.III (2019): 195-205 Print.
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OXFORD : Rahman, Khalil ur, Khan, Tariq Anwar, and Ullah, Kiramat (2019), "Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan", Global Regional Review, IV (III), 195-205
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TURABIAN : Rahman, Khalil ur, Tariq Anwar Khan, and Kiramat Ullah. "Role Conflict, Marital Quality and Career Satisfaction: A Demographic Analysis of Dual Career Couples in Peshawar, Pakistan." Global Regional Review IV, no. III (2019): 195-205. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-III).22