Family Roles and Work Performance of Career Women of Deposit Money Banks in Sokoto Metropolis

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue IV, April 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705

Family Roles and Work Performance of Career Women of Deposit Money Banks in Sokoto Metropolis

Dr. Asmau’u Bello Abubakar, Dr. Mustapha Namakka Tukur
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

Abstract:-This study examines family roles and work performance of fifty-four (54) married women in five (5) selected deposit money banks (DMB’s) in Sokoto metropolis. The study is a cross-sectional survey that employs the descriptive survey method. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected through the conduct of interviews and administration of questionnaire respectively. Hypotheses were tested and logistic regression was used to analyze the multivariate relationship between the independent variable (family roles) and the dependent variable (Work performance). The results revealed that factors such as caring for the husband, house chores and caring for the child has a negative impact on the performance of married women working in DMB’s. In addition, strategies adopted by married women working in DMB’s to cope with job and family roles conflict are inadequate and this has negatively affect their performance. Therefore, the study suggests that this category of employees in DMB’s should in addition to their strategies, at the point of entrance, banks should inform their female employees the availability of those policies that will enable them cope with the Job and family role conflicts as provided by their respective banks.

Key Words: Family Roles, Work Performance, Deposit Money Banks, Sokoto Metropolis.

I. INTRODUCTION

In the past, women were considered inferior to men; their traditional function in the society was to stay at home, raise and take care of the children, keep the house clean and cook. The home was considered a moral sanctuary, and she is also saddled with the responsibility of ensuring morality flourished in the home, and in shaping future generations (Margaret, 1983). Although, in spite of the global developments on the socio-economic role of women, particularly leading to their increased participation in economic activities, women still face a lot of challenges in the work place. This is particularly in their combined family and work roles where they are expected to perform their traditional functions of being a wife, mother and keeper of the home, as well as turn out quality output in their work places. Thus, the entry of women as suppliers of labour in different sectors of the economy has further manifested the family-work challenges they face and their efforts at dealing with these challenges in their different fields of endeavour needs to be identified and studied.

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