MARITAL STRESS SPILLOVER AS A PREDICTOR OF JOB PERFORMANCE AMONG ARRIED COUPLES IN ANAMBRA STATE.
By Ezechukwu, Justin N.

CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Clarification of Key Concepts * Marital Stress * Spillover * Job Performance * Work-Family Relationship * Civil Servants 3. Predictors of Job Performance 4. Marital Stress Spillover among Married Civil Servants in Anambra State 5. Prospects for Checking Family-to-Work Conflict 6. Conclusion

1. INTRODUCTION
This is actually a study of the relationship between work and family. The write-up dwells on the realm of the interface of work and family roles and conflict among married earner couples in Anambra state. According to Ahmad (2008), there are empirical evidences that show that work-family conflict is often a severe stress factor at work leading to various negative outcomes, including impaired well-being. Many people experience increased levels of stress and conflict as they juggle work and parenting responsibilities. This reality is a pointer to the fact that there will always be the inevitable presence of spillover from family to work and vice versa. This is a situation found among married couples who work. Our focus here is the effect of this phenomenon on the married civil servants in Anambra state.
We shall therefore approach this term paper by firstly getting the clarification of certain key concepts we shall be dealing with. Then, we shall take a look at the predictors of job performance. We shall also critically consider how marital stress spillover impacts on job performance among married civil servants in Anambra state just as our topic suggests. Now let us begin with the clarification of concepts.

2. CLARIFICATION OF KEY CONCEPTS
This approach is to enable us understand clearly some of the basic terms we shall be dealing with in this term paper. We shall explain