Explaining the mediating role of job stress in the effect of work-family conflict on the tendency of female employees to leave their jobs

of questionnaires was obtained 0.9, 0.79, and 0.89 by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, respectively. Research data was analyzed using statistical methods of Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation model using SPSS23 and Lisrel8.8 software. The obtained findings from SEM showed that work-family conflict has a direct effect on the intention to leave job (0.24); work-family conflict has a direct effect on the Job stress (0.43); and Job stress have a direct effect on the intention to leave job (0.26). Moreover, the work-family conflict has an indirect effect on the intention to leave job of the female employees in the state organizations of Zahedan city through the mediation of job stress job stress (0.57).