Abstract
Systemic review of studies on work-family conflict (WFC) demonstrate that high levels of stress and mental health problems are some of the consequences of WFC and also two well known risk factors for suicide amongst health care workers. Studies have also evidenced that female healthcare workers have a higher suicide rate than the national average as result of intensified WFC. The office for National statistics has noted a 20% increase in mental health problems and suicide rate in the industry since the start of the Covid19 pandemic. There is no doubt that WFC has been an enduring preoccupation of researchers considering its ominous consequences. However, majority of the studies and findings continue to assume that individuals live and function within a single culture and overlook the fact that globalisation has resulted in an ethnic diverse and multi-cultural workforce especially in the Western world. For instance, ethnic black/African-American women are reported to suffer depression or decreases in psychological well-being at disparate rates when compared with white women implying a higher susceptibility to WFC. Despite these emerging facts and globalisation with its attendant growing migrant population, very little is known about the work-family conflict (WFC) experiences of ethnic migrant sub-groups across diverse cultural contexts such as the migrant Nigerians in the Irish healthcare sector. This has left a void in the knowledge of WFC for this group despite their preponderance in the healthcare sector. This study therefore, sought to help fill a critical gap in work-family conflict research by exploring the experiences of WFC amongst this group.