Impact of work-family conflict on work engagement among female university teachers: Evidence from China

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0319785
• Publication Date: 2025-03-25T22:02:42Z
• Authors: Xitao Dong; Xiaona Guo; Yanyan Fu; Tingting Fu
• Keywords: Work Engagement; Work–family conflict

University faculty, including female teachers, often face work-family conflict (WFC) which subsequently impacts their work engagement. This study analyzes data from 489 questionnaires using Mplus 8.0 to explore the internal mechanisms linking WFC and engagement among faculty. The uncovers several significant findings: (1) a negative correlation between teachers’ engagement; (2) job burnout mediates this relationship; (3) crafting grit both moderate relationship. These insights enrich human resource management theory offer valuable guidance for development implementation of university systems.