The relationship between personality traits, social support and sexual stereotypes with work-family conflict in entrepreneurship women

Trade and economic globalization, and social change - economic factor that leads to the formal entry into the world of work and entrepreneurship of women outside the family environment. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between five personality traits, social support and sexual stereotypes with work-family conflict in entrepreneurship women. Sixty members of entrepreneurship women in Arak, Iran, completed Work-Family Conflict Scale, NEO-Personality Inventory Revised, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support and sexual stereotypes scale. The analyses by Pearson correlation showed that neuroticism had a positive relationship with work-family conflict and extroversion while consciousness had a negative relationship with work-family conflict. Regression analysis showed that work-family conflict significantly predicted consciousness and support by friends (R2= 0/216). Also, family-work conflict predicted social support by family and extroversion (R2= 0/464). Calculation: Social support from family and significant others, conscientiousness and extraversion personality traits have critical roles in Work - Family Conflict.