An Exploratory Study of Work-Family Conflict: Qatar Female Teachers

This report presents an exploratory study on work-family conflict among female teachers in Qatar's public schools. The research investigates the types of conflicts experienced, focusing on factors such as work overload, supervisor support, parental demands, and family support. The study aims to address the gap in research within Qatar, considering the unique characteristics of the region, including larger household sizes and a high percentage of female teachers in the education sector. The report is structured into five chapters, covering the introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, and conclusions. It highlights the significance of the study in understanding and addressing the challenges faced by female teachers in balancing their work and family lives, contributing to the existing body of knowledge on work-family conflict. The research incorporates semi-structured interviews to gather qualitative data, providing a comprehensive analysis of the issues and potential solutions.

Research Title:
An Exploratory Study of Work-Family Conflict Experienced by Female Teachers in
Qatar’s Public Schools
Instructions and requirements:
Please edit and extend my introduction chapter. I am doing a qualitative research about
work-family conflict among female teachers (Married and Mothers) in Qatar using semi-
structured interviews. The research is exploratory and aim to understand the types of
work family conflict experiences by teachers based on an anticipation that they have
conflict issues between their work and family. I need to have stronger reason in my
(significance of the study) part. I hope you upgrade this part. I also need an introduction
about the topic with some references about the importance to study this type of conflict
among teaching profession. You can use references. Thank you.
Chapter One: Introduction (500 words)
Significance of the study (200 words)
Research Questions (100 words)
Research Structure (200 words)

Research Questions
The objective of this study is to provide answers to the following research questions:
(1) What types of work-family conflict do female teachers in Qatari public schools
experience?
(2) How do the job-related matters (work overload, supervisor support) affect the work-
family conflict for female teachers?
(3) How do the family matters (parental demands and family support) affect the work-family
conflict for female teachers?
Work-family conflict is a broad topic, complex, and affected by several variables. Therefore, this
study will focus only on four variables that are expected to be highly influential in the experience
of work-family conflict.
Research Structure
This study divided into five complementary/interrelated chapters. The first chapter, which is the
current one, introduces the research topic and significance, then states the research questions
and structure.
The second chapter consists of a review to the existent/previous literature about the research
area. It provides a definition of key terms and demonstrates previous findings and theoretical
framework about the focus of this study.
The third chapter addresses the research methodology adopted in this study. Accordingly, it
explains the selected research strategy and the data collection method, then moves to the
interviews development and the sample of the study. The process implemented to analyse the
data and the ethical principles followed to conduct this study are also explained in this chapter.
The fourth chapter analyses the findings of the data collected through the interviews. Moreover,
it interprets and compare the findings with the literature review to commence with providing a
deep and critical discussion with each individual research question.
The fifth chapter presents the overall conclusion of this study based on the findings of the
previous chapter. Also, it summarizes the answers of the research questions and highlights the
contributions of the current study and perspectives for future studies in similar research area.
Significance of the study
Several studies have been conducted about work family conflict in different regions, especially in Western
countries, but no study is yet been undertaken on Qatar and among female teachers. This study intends
to apply and extend the research of work-family conflict on Qatar duo to its unique characteristics. The
average household size in Qatar is high comparing with other regions. This may have some implications

in the work-family balance among Qatari working women, especially the teachers. The highest
percentage of the female labor force in Qatar works in the education sector and constitutes about 30% of
the Qatari working women (Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, 2015). This high percentage
of Qatari female teachers alongside the rising complains in the news about the challenges they face in
teaching establish the need to explore their work-family conflict issues.
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