@Article{jpa.2025.065768,
AUTHOR = {Gabriel C. Kanu, Noah Adeji, Tobias C. Obi, Elom S. Omena, Raphael U. Anike, Alexander U. Amaechi},
TITLE = {The role of psychological meaningfulness in the relationship between job complexity and work-family conflict among secondary school teachers in Nigeria},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Psychology in Africa},
VOLUME = {35},
YEAR = {2025},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {1--6},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jpa/v35n1/60835},
ISSN = {1815-5626},
ABSTRACT = {This study examined how psychological meaningfulness moderates job complexity and work-family conflict in Nigerian secondary school teachers. This study included 1694 teachers from 17 Nigerian secondary schools (female = 69.54%, mean age = 33.19, SD = 6.44 years). The participants completed the Work-family Conflict Scale, Job Complexity Scale, and Psychological Meaningfulness Scale. Study design was cross-sectional. Hayes PROCESS macro analysis results indicate a higher work-family conflict with job complexity among the secondary school teachers. While psychological meaningfulness was not associated with work-family conflict, it moderated the link between job complexity and work-family conflict in secondary school teachers such that a meaningful work endorsement is associated with lower employee’s work-life conflict. These findings point to the importance of job functions to quality of family life. The study findings also suggest a need for supporting psychological meaningfulness for healthy work related quality of family life based on balancing work and family role demands.},
DOI = {10.32604/jpa.2025.065768}
}