Effects of work, non work, and role conflict on the overall life satisfaction of pharmacy faculty

For many faculty members, the demands of work and personal lives can lead t o conflict between the two roles and decrease overall life satisfaction. A preliminary investigation of the work and non work influences that contribu ted to faculty role conflict and overall life satisfaction was conducted. D ata were collected via a questionnaire, and responses were received from 63 percent of faculty contacted. Respondents were only moderately satisfied w ith their lives and identified being married, receiving social support from spouses or mates and socializing with friends as non work influences that were related to life satisfaction. Many of these same influences were relat ed to role conflict. Time spent at work was the only work influence that co rrelated with role conflict (positive) and overall life satisfaction (negat ive). Differences were also found across selected demographic characteristi cs. These findings suggest a model that can be used to study work and non w ork influences on faculty role conflict and overall life satisfaction.