Abstract

The purpose of this research was to develop comprehensive model which explained the relationship between the predictors of the subjective quality of life among married Korean career women. A sample of 605 married Korean career women completed a questionnaire survey. The results revealed that the quality of work life was predicted by job involvement, peer support, supervisory support, job overload, job expectation, job control, and family-work conflict. In contrast, the quality of family life was predicted by child care conflicts, conflicts due to the problems in the communication with one's spouse(i.e., communication conflicts), family expectation, family involvement, financial conflicts, support from one's spouse, supports from one's parents in law, supports from one's parents, and work-family conflicts. In the comprehensive model, the quality of work life was predicted by peer support, job involvement, and family-work conflict. In contrast, the quality of family work was predicted by financial conflicts, communication conflicts, support from one's spouse, and family expectation. Also, subjective quality of life was predicted by work-family conflict, quality of work life, and quality of family work. The implication, some possible limits, and the directions of future research were discussed.