Women’s Wellbeing at Work: Their Experience of Work-Family Enrichment and Subjective Career Success

Abstract

An increasing number of women are entering the workforce. Many of them are mothers and are therefore expected to combine motherhood with occupation. However, because of the complexity of these two roles, it is difficult to maintain a successful career and a satisfying personal life, and this difficulty can influence women’s commitment and intention to stay with organisations. Nonetheless, when women perceive this experience as enriching, it can enhance their career wellbeing and positively influence their perceptions of their subjective career success. This chapter describes work-family enrichment (WFE) and subjective career success (SCS), as well as an empirical study that the authors conducted. Given the importance of WFE and SCS for the overall wellbeing of employed women, this chapter’s objective is to explore the possible indirect effect of SCS on the relationship between WFE and two retaining factors (i.e. commitment and turnover intention). The empirical study was based on the quantitative survey data obtained from 240 employed females, and mediation analyses were conducted using Mplus software.