THE ROLE MEDIATION OF WORK SATISFACTION IN THE EFFECT OF WORK FAMILY CONFLICT ON FEMALE NURSE PERFORMANCE

The role of women at this time began to shift as originally only as housewives but many have now started their careers in the company. One of the goals of working women is to help swami in terms of economic improvement in their families. Family and work are the two main roles in life and affect each other, where when problems occur at work it will affect the family and vice versa. So it is necessary to balance the roles and responsibilities in carrying out these two roles. Female nurse has to do their job as well and she must be a good wife or mother. Multiple roles may increase conflict between work and family, so it can effect job satisfaction and decrease employee performance. The purpose of this study was to analyze the role mediation of job satisfaction in the effect of work family conflict on female nurse performace at Wangaya Regional General Hospital, Denpasar, Bali. The size of sample in this study was 115 respondents who were female nurses. Methods of collecting information data using a questionnaire with a Likert Scale. Data analysis methods use path analysis to test hypotheses and produce a feasible model. The result of this study are (1) work family conflict has a negative and significant effect on job satisfaction, (2) work family conflict has a negative and significant effect on nurse performance, (3) job satisfaction has a positive and significant effect on female nurse performance. This means that female nurse performace will increase if they feel satisfied with their work and can manage conflict between work and family