Influence Of Work-Family Conflict On Marital Satisfaction Of Pentecost Pastors In Ghana

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of work-family conflict on the marital satisfaction of the Church of Pentecost pastors in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Descriptive cross-sectional research design was employed for the study. The cluster sampling and the simple random technique (lottery method) were employed to select 140 participants for the research. A structured questionnaire was adopted to collect data. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the research questions and analysis of variance was used to analyze the hypothesis. It was revealed that some pastors of the Church of Pentecost are not satisfied with their marriages because of the work-family conflicts they experience. However, others were satisfied. Furthermore, it was revealed that inadequate measures are employed by the Church of Pentecost to manage the work-family conflict experienced by the pastors of the church. Based on the findings, the study recommends that leaders and policy makers of the Church of Pentecost should introduce and implement work-family conflict management programmes and seminars to enrich the knowledge of the Church of Pentecost pastors on how to handle work-family conflicts to help the pastors who are not satisfied with their marriages and further enhance the marital satisfaction of the pastors who are satisfied with their marriages.