A STUDY ON WORK LIFE BALANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION OF FEMALE NURSES

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1 A STUDY ON WORK LIFE BALANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION OF FEMALE NURSES R. Indumathi* and S. Sekarsubramanian** * Ph.D Research Scholar (Full-Time), Department of Business Administration, V. H. N. S. N. College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar , Tamilnadu, India. ** Head and Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, V. H. N. S. N. College (Autonomous), Virudhunagar , Tamilnadu, India. ABSTRACT At present work life balance has become an increasingly pervasive concern for both employers and employees. Maintaining a good work life balance become difficult and it is more complex in nature for women because of family responsibilities and child care. Job satisfaction is important for the nurses in private hospitals to deliver the health services efficiently. There are 256 female nurses drawn from different private hospitals for this study. This study aims to find out the relationship between work life balance and job satisfaction among female nurses in private hospitals at Virudhunagar district. Keywords: Work life balance, Job satisfaction and Female nurses. INTRODUCTION Work life balance (WLB) has become serious issue for both employers and employees. Maintaining good work life balance is a tough task for the female nurses especially in private hospitals. As per our tradition women is the whole responsible person to take care of the family responsibility and child care. This dual role of the women both in work and family leads to role conflict. This study investigates work life balance and job satisfaction of the female nurses in private hospitals. Job satisfaction is the degree of which employees have a positive and effective orientation towards employment by the organisation. Job satisfaction is important for the nurses to deliver the health services efficiently to the patients. At the same time if they have job satisfaction the employees become more loyal towards the organisation. This present study aims to find the relationship between the work life balance and job satisfaction among female nurses in private hospitals at Virudhunagar district. There are 256 female nurses drawn from different private hospitals for this study. REVIEW OF LITERATURE In [3], the authors Varatharaj and Vasantha conducted the study the work life balance of women in service sector with reference to Chennai city. The data is collected from the 250 women in service sectors in Chennai through questionnaire. The study reveals the strong positive relationship exists between job satisfaction and work life balance. Bindiya Goyal conducted the study and collected data from 134 nurses and lady doctors working in private clinics for the study [1]. It is concluded that this study act as a guide for HR practitioners in redesigning their policies in relation to work life balance thereby ensuring the well being of all nurses and Lady doctors. In 2016, a comparative study on work life balance among nurses with special reference to government and private hospitals in Tirunelveli district is carried out by S. Paremeshwari Shobana and S. Kannan. The survey is conducted from 200 nurses belonging to departments OP, Labour ward and Medical ward. The study [2], concludes that both government and private hospitals having inadequate staff nurses, lack of leisure time and financial problems are the main reasons for the nurses to balance their work life and family life. 314

2 DESIGN OF THE STUDY STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM The female nurses in private hospitals faced work pressure and at the same time they have family responsibilities. This dual role of female nurses in sometimes leads to imbalance in their life or work and also leads to job dissatisfaction. NEED FOR THE STUDY The main significant need of this research is to find out the relationship of work life balance and job satisfaction among the female nurses in private hospitals. There are fewer studies related to women employees but they are confined to some specific factors. OBJECTIVES 1. To find out the relationship between the work life balance and job satisfaction among female nurses in private hospitals. 2. To identify the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction among female nurses in private hospitals. SCOPE OF THE STUDY The present study gives specific recommendations and remedial measures for the female nurses to maintain work life balance. This study aims to find out the relationship between work life balance and job satisfaction among the female nurses in private hospitals. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Descriptive research design is used in this study. Sampling method used for the study is stratified random sampling. Primary data was collected from the female nurses of different private hospitals in Virudhunagar district. Secondary data was collected from various journals, magazines, books and websites. Sample size is 256. There are 256 female nurses of different private hospitals are taken for the study. Statistical tools such as percentage analysis, correlation, one way anova and weighted average are used. LIMITATIONS OF STUDY The study focused on Virudhunagar district alone. The sample size and time is also restricted. DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS OF THE RESPONDENTS (PERCENTAGE ANALYSIS) Table 1 Demographic Factors Category Percentage of the respondents 1. Age Below 20 years years years 12.9 Above 31 years Marital status Married 60.0 Unmarried Educational Qualification Diploma in nursing 49.2 B.Sc Nursing 36.7 M.Sc Nursing 10.5 Others Working Experience Below 1 year years years 4.7 Above 11 years

3 5. Monthly Income Below Above Family Type Nuclear family 69.1 Joint family 30.9 Source: Primary data The above table shows that 55.1 percent of the female nurses are below 20 years of age category percent of the respondents are married percent of them are studied diploma in nursing percent of the female nurses are having experience below 1 year and 50.0 percent of the female nurses earning monthly salary below percent of the respondents are in the nuclear family. CORRELATION Null hypothesis 8. Work life balance 9. Job satisfaction : There is no significant relationship between the work life balance and job satisfaction of the female nurses. Table 2 8. Work life balance 9. Job satisfaction Pearson Correlation ** Sig. (2-tailed).000 N Pearson Correlation ** 1 Sig. (2-tailed).000 N **. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). It is lucid from the above table that the significance value is.000 which is less than 0.05, hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore there is significant relationship between the work life balance and job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. ONE WAY ANOVA Null hypothesis : There is no association between the educational qualification and level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. Table 3 Particulars F value Significance Value Results Working condition Rejected Job content Rejected Salary Package Rejected Rewards and recognition Rejected Working environment and culture Rejected Superiors support Accepted Co-workers support Rejected Family support toward job Rejected Non monetary benefits Rejected Social status Rejected Job autonomy Rejected It is clear from the above table that the significant value of working condition, Job content, Salary package, Rewards and recognition, working environment and culture, Co-workers support, family support, non monetary benefits, Social status and Job autonomy is which is less than 0.05, hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore there is significant relationship between the educational qualification and level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. The 316

4 significant value of superior support is 0.911, which is greater than 0.05, hence the null hypothesis is accepted. Therefore there is no significant relationship between educational qualification and superior support- level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. Null hypothesis : There is no association between the monthly income and level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals Table 4 Particulars F value Significance Value Results Working condition Rejected Job content Rejected Salary Package Rejected Rewards and recognition Rejected Working environment and culture Rejected Superior Support Accepted Co-workers Support Rejected Family support toward job Rejected Non monetary benefits Rejected Social status Rejected Job autonomy Rejected It is clear from the above table that the significant value of working condition, Job content, Salary package, Rewards and recognition, working environment and culture, Co-workers support, family support, non monetary benefits, Social status and Job autonomy is which is less than 0.05, hence the null hypothesis is rejected. Therefore there is significant relationship between the monthly income and level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. The significant value of superior support is 0.812, which is greater than 0.05, hence the null hypothesis is accepted. Therefore there is no significant relationship between monthly income and superior support- level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. IMPACT OF WORK LIFE BALANCE ON JOB SATISFACTION Table 5 S. No Factors Total Weighted Average Rank 1 Working Condition Job Content Salary Package Rewards and Recognition Work environment and culture Superior support Co-workers support Family support towards job Non monetary benefits Social status Job autonomy It is clear from the table salary package got first rank with the mean score at 5.0 and rewards and recognition got second rank with the mean score at 4.5. FINDINGS There is significant relationship between the work life balance and job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals and it is positively correlated. There is significant relationship between educational qualification and working condition, Job content, Salary package, Rewards and recognition, working environment and culture, Co-workers support, family support, non monetary benefits, Social status and Job autonomy. 317

5 There is no significant relationship between educational qualification and superior support- level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. There is significant relationship between monthly income and working condition, Job content, Salary package, Rewards and recognition, Working environment and culture, Co-workers support, Family support, Non monetary benefits, Social status and Job autonomy. There is no significant relationship between monthly income and superior support- level of opinion about the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction of female nurses in private hospitals. Salary package got first rank with the mean score at 5.0 and rewards and recognition got second rank with the mean score at 4.5. SUGGESTIONS The top management in the private hospitals need to pay more attention in designing WLB policies as it is related with job satisfaction. The private hospitals can provide fair salary package for the female nurses. Transparent and fair rewards and recognition policies should be adopt in the private hospitals to encourage the female nurses to work efficiently. COCLUSION Work life balance and job satisfaction are ongoing issues to be managed. This study focussed primarily on the impact of work life balance on job satisfaction. This study revealed that the work life balance and job satisfaction are positively correlated. The work life imbalance is another reason for the job dissatisfaction. So, the top management should be supportive for the women employees to minimize the conflict between work and family. At the same time, it is the duty of employers to take work life balance and job satisfaction of employees as an input when designing policies for employees. REFERENCES [1] Bindiya Goyal (2014), Work life balance of nurses and lady doctors, International journal of engineering and management research, Vol. 4, Issue 4, [2] S.Paremeshwari Shobana and S.Kannan (2016), A comparative study on work life balance among nurses with special reference to government and private hospitals in Tirunelveli district, International conference on Innovative Management Practices Vol.1, Issue 1, [3] V.Varatharaj and S. Vasantha (2012), Work life balances a source of job satisfaction An exploratory study on the view of women employees in the service sector, International journal of multidisciplinary research, 2(3),