Abstract: A study on "Interrelation of Work-family commitment and marital satisfaction of University Teachers" on a sample of 150 University teachers drawn from 3 cities of Karnataka in 2011-12, offering UG/PG courses in agriculture/science faculty belonging to Assistant professor to Professor and above cadre were randomly and proportionately selected. The work-family commitment was assessed using Work Life Balance scale developed by Fischer-McAuley et al., (2003) and marital satisfaction by Marital Satisfaction Scale developed by Haynes et al., (1992). Results revealed that more than half of the SAU (54.5%) and about 3/4th of Non-SAU (74.5%) teachers possessed high work-family commitment. None of them were in low levels of work-family commitment. Significant interactionary effects of gender and cadre was observed, indicating that males with Professor and above cadre revealed higher work-family commitment than females, while no such trend was observed among Assistant and Associate professors. Most of the SAU (83.8%) and Non-SAU (94.1%) teachers had high levels of marital satisfaction whereas none of them were in low levels. There were no main and interactionary effects of university, gender and cadre on marital satisfaction. There was positive and highly significant relationship between work-family commitment and marital satisfaction of SAU teachers (0.345) but non-significant among Non-SAUs (-0.105), indicating that higher levels of marital satisfaction significantly increased the work-family commitment among SAU teachers.
Keywords: Work-Family Commitment, Marital Satisfaction, University Teachers
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