Stress in female doctors

Abstract

Focuses on women doctors at a critical life stage, 25-35 years, during career establishment and early 30s transition. Examines drivers behind career choices of female doctors and identifies stressors experienced by women who opt for hospital medicine and general practice. Suggests that sources of pressure and predictors of mental wellbeing for hospital doctors are related to the structural aspects of the environment of hospital medicine such as career development and organizational climate. In the case of general practitioners, perceived stressors and predictors of mental wellbeing are related to ongoing daily pressures such as balancing work and family.

Occupational stress in the armed forces: An Indian army perspective

“…In relation to this result, White, O'Connor, and Garrett (1997) found that working excessive hours and on-call duties result in fatigue which may lead to increased perception of job pressures among hospital doctors, since it causes a reduction in their leisure time and social life. Further, the variable unachievable targets attained the least factor loading of .71 under the factor but contributes sizeably towards workload and job pressure among soldiers.…”

“…Please cite this article in press as: Sakshi Sharma, Occupational stress in the armed forces: An Indian army perspective, IIMB Management Review (2015) Occupational stress in the armed forces In this context, several women doctors left hospital medicine as a result of inflexible working arrangements (White et al, 1997). At present, a similar pattern is observed among the Indian army soldiers (both in officer and below officer rank) resorting to premature retirement, thus leaving the army with a shortage of soldiers (Indian Military News, 2013).…”

The impacts of work-life-balance (WLB) challenges on social sustainability

“…Nevertheless, Nigerian female doctors do not have a designated break time and often exceed the official work hours without extra pay or compensation (Ovuorie, 2013). Studies have indicated that long working hours can be connected with challenging WLB ourtcomes (White, O'Connor and Garrett, 1997;Nievas and Thaver, 2015). For example, in the UK, White, O'Connor and Garrett (1997) in their study found that stress connected with balancing family and work roles may be principally problematic given long hour doctors work.…”

“…Studies have indicated that long working hours can be connected with challenging WLB ourtcomes (White, O'Connor and Garrett, 1997;Nievas and Thaver, 2015). For example, in the UK, White, O'Connor and Garrett (1997) in their study found that stress connected with balancing family and work roles may be principally problematic given long hour doctors work. Similarly, Allen (1992) observed that many of her sample of female doctors who were struggling to balance domestic commitments with a fulltime job were finding the burden overwhelming, hence, they work long hours and are virtually separated from families because of nature of their profession.…”

Higher authority organizational stressors among higher education deans: a multiple case study

“…Organizational stressors are circumstances that produce an imbalance between the demands placed on individuals and their ability to cope (Finney et al , 2013). These stressors can be caused by higher management, such as having policies that promotes poor autonomy, low respect, inadequate feedback, and weak support structure (White et al , 1997). Although organizational stressors may exist in many forms and intensity, it is important to investigate thoroughly on one stressor and to understand its effect on employees.…”