Motherhood and Work-Life Balance of Career Women in Selected Private Organizations in Ogun West Senatorial District

James Ige ORIJA & Oluwatosin Abosede KEHINDE, Volume 6 Issue 2, December 2025 Pages 107-114, Published: 2025-12-19

Abstract

The primary goal of every private or business organization is to make profit. This can only be achieved through the commitment and dedication of the owner(s) and workers. Employees in every organization are made up of both male and female. Female workers, most especially the married ones are often faced with the challenges of coping with matrimonial responsibilities and their duties at workplace. This situation, at times, leads to role conflict which could affect their performance at work if not well managed. This study therefore investigated strategies that could be used by every married woman to balance the motherhood and work-life activities in some selected private organizations in Ogun West Senatorial District. In carrying out the study, three research questions and one hypothesis were raised from which the questionnaire used to gather data was developed. Three hundred (300) respondents were selected through snowball sampling technique. Three hundred copies of the questionnaire were produced and administered on the respondents out of which two hundred and eighty-one (281) were duly filled and returned. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis involving linear regression at 0.05 level of significance. The study discovered that a lot of married female workers are faced with the challenges of coping with both matrimonial and official responsibilities in private organization. It was recommended that married female workers should develop strategies that could enable them balance the motherhood and work-life activities