Work-Life Balance of Female Doctors in Pandemic Situation

Abstract

Work-Life Balance (WLB) is an important concept in today's technological scenario. Women find hard to balance house chores and job. As far as female doctors are concerned, they struggle a lot to balance the family and the job. As medical services provided by them is considered as an emergency service, they are supposed to work 24*7. In this pandemic situation, the female doctors have passed through a lot of hardship because they come across Covid 19 patients and are not in a position to go to their homes daily. This paper, aids to comprehend the impact of various factors which influence the WLB. One hundred and two women doctors working in various hospitals of Erode district were considered for the study and Regression Analysis was carried out to analyse the data. It is found that Job Stress, Value of Work-Life, Organisation Support, Chief Doctor Support, Co-Doctor Support and Family Support are having a significant influence on WLB.