WORK-LIFE BALANCE OF WOMEN DOCTORS IN COIMBATORE CITY

1. WORKLIFE BALANCE OF WOMEN
DOCTORS IN COIMBATORE CITY
BY
1. DR.S.MALATHY
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
2. T.POONGOTHAI
RESEARCH SCHOLAR,
PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE,
COIMBATORE

2. INTRODUCTION
 The role of women doctors has changed drastically
 Today the number of patients is much smaller but their qualitative
demands are much higher.
 At the same time the high status of the doctors has been
diminished.
 Study of working population in Sweden shows that female doctors
have high demands and little ability to control their work in
comparison with other occupations.
 The doctors and other health care workers have low scores for
ability to control their work.
 Everyone in the health care thus seems to be in the same boat in

3. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
 Women doctors are juggling between multiple
responsibilities at work in managing the daily routine
responsibilities of life and home.
 The study is undertaken to analyze the working conditions
and the factors that hinder the work life of women doctors.
 The study has given preference to work life balance of
women doctors particularly because it has become the
biggest challenge for working women to strike a balance
between their personal and professional roles.

4. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
 To identify the determinants of the work life balance of
women doctors.
 To study the factors that affects the work life balance
of women doctors.
 To know the level of job satisfaction and job stress of
women doctors.
 To determine the various healthy measures adapted by
women doctors to maintain a sustainable and proper
work life balance.

5. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
 SAMPLE DESIGN
Purposive Random Sampling Technique
 DATA COLLECTION
Primary and Secondary data
 SAMPLE SIZE – 200 Women Doctors
 STATISTICALTOOLS USED
Percentage analysis
Chi square
ANOVA
T-test analysis

6.  AREA OF THE STUDY
Coimbatore
LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
 The study prioritizes only to women doctors and not any other profession.
 The quality of information depends on the minds of the respondents.
Hence it became inapplicable for the study and affected the result of the
study.

7. FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
Percentage Analysis
 Majority (55.83%) of the respondents belong to 25-35 years age group.
 Majority (80%) of the respondents are married.
 Most (42.5%) of the respondents have less than 5 years of working
experience.
 Most (38.33%) of the respondents’ monthly income ranges between
Rs.50000-100000.
 Majority (70%) of the respondents are living in nuclear family.
 Most (35.83%) of the respondents have more than 4 members in their

8.  Most (47.5%) of the respondents are working 8-12 hours per day.
 Majority (63.33%) of the respondents are working in a day shift.
 Majority (73.33%) of the respondents are having children.
 Majority (56.82%) of the respondents have two children.
 Most (37.5%) of the respondents spend 3-4 hours a day with their
children.
 Most (32.95%) of the respondents’ children are taken care by in-
laws.
 Most (40%) of the respondents have to take care of old people.
 Majority of the respondents are strongly agreed with the work life
balancing factors such as flexible work time and holidays.

9.  Majority of the respondents are satisfied with their job and they
are more impressed on job security.
 Majority of the respondents stated that family problem, illness of
family members and care of elderly parent are the minimum
source of stress with respect to personal stress.
 Majority of the respondents stated the relationship with colleague,
working environment, timing without interruption are the
minimum source of stress with respect to occupation stress.
 Most (33.73%) of the respondents are suffering from frequent
headaches problem due to stress.

10.  Majority (65.83%) of the respondents are not practicing a
special diet.
 Majority (51.47%) of the respondents are carrying homemade
food.
 Majority (89.17%) of the respondents are agreed that they
have the ability to manage their work life.

11. Chi-Square Test
 Age and marital status of the respondents have significant relationship
with the duration of working hours.
 Age, marital status, monthly income and type of the family of the
respondents have significant relationship with the working shift.
 Monthly income, type of family and number of family members have
significant relationship with the hours spent with their children.

12. ANOVA
 The level of job satisfaction have significant
difference among the age group, marital
status, monthly income and type of the family
of the respondents.
 The level of job satisfaction have significant
difference among the work experience of the
respondents.

13. t- Test
 The level of stress have significant
difference among the marital status of
the respondents.
 The level of stress have no significant
difference among the type of the family
of the respondents.

14. SUGGESTION
 Hospitals should try to foster the work place culture that
facilitates well-being of women doctors.
 Hospitals can provide family vacation packages in addition to or in
a place of monetary bonuses.
 Rendering moral support and working as a team will enhance their
work life balance.
 Preparing a work schedule and proper time management is highly
necessary to attain a sustainable balance between work and family
life.

15. CONCLUSION
 Women doctors in India have struggled to
establish an identity and create a space for
themselves in their workplace.
 Women doctors are very stressed by life which
seems to keep speeding up on them.
 More women doctors are looking flexibility in
their work life and willing to sacrifice more in
order to take care of their personal life.

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