The Relationship Between Work-Family Conflict And Work Performance Among Government Employees In Sarawak

There are similar studies have been done in western countries, but only a few studies have been done in Sarawak, Malaysia. Among the studies are proposes that work-family conflict is a significant predecessor of work performance. Hence, the present study fills up the gap by determining the relationship of time-based, strain-based and behavior-based in work-family conflict (WFC) and Work Performance among government employees in the Department of Labour Sarawak. The purpose of the present study is to determine the relationship of timebased, strain-based and behavior-based in WFC and Work Performance among government employees and investigate the dominant factor in WFC and Work Performance among government employees. The data was collected from government employees working in the Department of Labour Sarawak. There are 155 questionnaires were used to analyze the data. Results indicate that a positive and significant relationship was found between time-based and strain-based in WFC and work performance. Next, no significant relationship between behavior-based in WFC and work performance. Besides, results indicate strain-based is a dominant factor in WFC and work performance. The conclusion of this study can contribute to the Department of Labour Sarawak to identify factors that affect employees work performance and as a guideline for designing new policies. The conclusion of this study also can contribute to Department of Labour Sarawak employees being aware of work-family conflict and understand the importance of resolving conflicts to achieve work performance