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@article{191131,
        author = {Mori Prinal and Jayswal Mitesh},
        title = {Organizational Commitment on Work–Family Conflict: Role of Gender as a Moderator among IT Employees},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {908-920},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191131},
        abstract = {Increase in the work demands in the information technology (IT) sector has heightened concerns surrounding work–family conflict (WFC), particularly in contexts of long working hours, continuous technological change and blurred work–family boundaries. Drawing on Conservation of Resources (COR) theory and Social Exchange Theory, this study examines the relationship between organizational commitment and work–family conflict and investigates the moderating role of gender among IT employees in India. Using a cross-sectional survey design, data were collected from 645 employees working in major IT firms through a structured questionnaire. Established scales were employed to measure work–family conflict and the three dimensions of organizational commitment—affective, continuance and normative commitment—and the data were analyzed using reliability analysis, correlation analysis and hierarchical multiple regression. The findings indicate that affective commitment is negatively associated with work–family conflict, suggesting that emotional attachment functions as a psychological resource that mitigates role strain, whereas continuance commitment is positively related to work–family conflict, indicating heightened resource depletion when attachment is driven by perceived costs of leaving. Normative commitment does not exhibit a significant direct effect; however, gender significantly moderates the normative commitment–work–family conflict relationship, with higher normative commitment associated with lower work–family conflict among female employees compared to male employees. By integrating COR theory and Social Exchange theory, the study advances understanding of how different forms of organizational commitment operate as resources or stressors. Also highlights the importance of adopting a gender-sensitive perspective when examining work–family dynamics in technology-intensive work environments.},
        keywords = {Work-family conflict, Organizational Commitment, Gender, IT, India.},
        month = {},
        }