Exploring Relationships Among Overload Stress, Work-Family Conflict, Job Satisfaction, Person–Organisation Fit and Organisational Commitment in Public Organizations

The objective of this study is twofold. First, it challenges whether overload stress makes an impact on inter-role conflict. Second, this paper examines whether job satisfaction and person-organisation fit (POF) moderate the associations between work-family conflict (WFC)/ family-work conflict (FWC) and organisational commitment. The findings highlighted that overload stress positively associated with both WFC and FWC. Follow-up investigation showed that those who are satisfied with their job could weaken the conflict between work and family. This study broadens the scope of the job – demand resources (JD-R) literature to new domains of WFC, overload stress and organisational commitment.