Job characteristics and influence on work-family conflict among nurses working in teaching hospitals in Anambra State, Nigeria

Abstract

Nurses are faced with a lot of responsibilities, at work and home. This gives rise to work-family conflict. There are several factors which could affect work-family conflict. This study identifies specific job characteristics and their influence on work-family conflict among nurses working in the teaching hospitals in Anambra State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study, as a proportionate sampling technique was used to select 257 nurses from the two teaching hospitals in Anambra State. The instrument for data collection was work-family conflict instrument, and Work-design questionnaire which was adopted, modified and revalidated. The data generated was statistically analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. Results stated that high level of work-family conflict was reported by nurses. Average number of patients served per day and workload influenced work-family conflict positively with a pvalue of 0.044 and 0.00, respectively. Workload and average number of patient served per shift are the job characteristics that influence work-family conflict. Therefore, workload of nurses should be analyzed critically and the review of nurses workload for further adjustments so as to increase their productivity both at work and home.

Moderating effects of personal resources on work engagement and work-family conflict

“…This may limit the resources available to manage their family roles, and thus result in negative work-family interference. Female nurses in Nigeria are at greater risk of WFC, and factors such as negative job conditions (e.g., high job demands and low job resources) and lack of personal coping resources have been reported to be associated with WFC (Balogun, 2019;Ilo et al, 2020). However, less attention has been paid to the impact of work engagement on WFC among female nurses in Nigeria.…”