scholarly journals Work-life balance and burnout: the practicing doctor's dilemma

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
C Ogbonna
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Burn Out ◽  
High Work ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Public Sector Work

Burnout rates and physician dissatisfaction are at an all-time high. Work-life balance is the panacea to worker's burn-out. The dictionary defines work-life balance as "the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with yournfamily and doing things you enjoy". Workers in public sector work officially for 8hrs per day and depending on the profession this may be further prolonged as in the health sector for 24hrs in some days of the week.

scholarly journals EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A STUDY OF WORKING WOMEN TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SECTOR UNIVERSITIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-149
Author(s):  
Sadaf Naz ◽  
Saghir Ahmad ◽  
Ayesha Batool
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
High Work ◽  
High Emotional Intelligence

Purpose of the study: The present study focuses to explore the relationship of emotional intelligence with the work-life balance of working women at the university level in Pakistan. The objectives of the study were: i) to determine the level of emotional intelligence and work-life balance of working women of public sector universities in KP; ii) to find out the relationship between emotional intelligence and work-life balance of working women of the public sector universities in KP. Methodology: The study was quantitative in nature and the survey method was used to collect data. The population consisted of all working women of public sector universities in KP. The sample of the study consisted of 350 working women randomly selected from 06 universities public sector universities. In this respect, two research instruments were developed one for measuring work-life balance and the second for measuring Emotional Intelligence. Data were collected after seeking consent from the working women. The data were analyzed by using statistical techniques. Main Findings: It was found that the majority of the working women had high emotional intelligence with a high work-life balance. A significant correlation was found between emotional intelligence and the work-life balance of working women. It was concluded that high emotional intelligence leads to a high work-life balance. Applications of this study: Therefore, it is recommended that university administration may develop such programs and policies that may facilitate employees’ work-life balance. Higher authorities may arrange training sessions for stress management which may help employees to reduce their stress and keep balance in their personal and professional life. Novelty/Originality of this study: The readers may come to know about the emotional intelligence and work-life balance of working teachers especially women in higher institutions and how both factors are correlated.

Impact of Eustress on Work-life Balance: An Analysis on Public Sector Bank Employees in South India

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-209
Author(s):  
A. C. Pavithra ◽  
V. J. Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
South India ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Psychological Conditions ◽  
Public Sector Banks ◽  
Organisational Factors

The positive psychological response to a stressor, by the occurrence of certain psychological conditions, is known as eustress. Many psychological studies suggest that the eustress can aid the person to stay motivated and achieve the goal without any psychological draining. In the present study, mediating effect of eustress on personal and organisational factors of public sector banks’ employees is investigated. Nearly 600 respondents from different banks in South India were selected randomly and the data are collected through the questionnaires. The collected data were used to analyse the formulated hypothesis. The research establishes that the relationship between individual and organisational factors and work-life balance is positive and gets enhanced and strengthened by eustress in the public banking sector.

scholarly journals The experiences of work-life balance, stress, and coping lifestyles of female professionals: insights from a developing country

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 999-1015
Author(s):  
Babatunde Akanji ◽  
Chima Mordi ◽  
Hakeem Adeniyi Ajonbadi
Keyword(s):  
Health Sector ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Medical Doctors ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Family ◽  
And Coping

PurposeGiven the limiting conditions of the gender roles confronting professional working women and drawing on spillover theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of work-life balance with an emphasis on the causes of the imbalances, perceived stress, and coping techniques experienced by female medical doctors in an African context – Nigeria, a geographical location that is considered under-researched.Design/methodology/approachThe qualitative data is based on one-to-one in-depth interviews with 52 Nigerian female medical doctors.FindingsBased on the findings of the thematic analysis, it is clear that time squeeze, as a well-known factor in the medical profession, exacerbates negative work-home interference. However, other themes, such as patriarchal proclivities and task-pay disparity, that affect female doctors but are rarely considered in studies on work-life balance also emerged as sources of stress and work-family conflicts, leaving these doctors to devise individual coping methods as mitigating strategies.Research limitations/implicationsThe study relies on a limited qualitative sample size, which makes the generalisation of findings difficult. However, the study contributes to the limited literature on the implications of stress and work-family incompatibilities facing women in a society that is not particularly egalitarian, with an extremely pronounced culture of masculine hegemony that is contrary to western cultures. The article unveils the socio-cultural difficulties of the work-life demands facing women specific to the Nigerian society and experienced with a different level of intensity.Originality/valueThe majority of the research on work-life balance has been undertaken in western countries and has focused on various professional groups and organisations, including the health sector. Nevertheless, work-life balance is a novel concept within the Nigerian work environment, where female medical doctors, as a professional group, are rarely studied. The article also provides valuable insights into the macro-contextual features influencing the work-life balance of Nigerian professional women.

Burn-on statt Burn-out: Selbstfürsorge und funktionale Bewältigungsstrategien schützen PsychotherapeutInnen vor psychischen Belastungen während der Corona-Pandemie

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Schwartzkopff ◽  
Johanna Schüller ◽  
Meike Müller-Engelmann
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Psychische Belastung ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Präventive Maßnahmen ◽  
Burn Out

Zusammenfassung Ziel der Studie Durch die Corona-Pandemie sind PsychotherapeutInnen mit neuen beruflichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Im Hinblick auf die zu gewährleistende PatientInnenversorgung, erscheint die Frage nach Risiko- und Schutzfaktoren zum Erhalt des Wohlbefindens während der Pandemie relevant, um Folgeerscheinungen wie Burnout vorzubeugen. Dies ist die erste Studie, die den Einfluss von Bewältigungs- und Selbstfürsorgestrategien auf die psychische Belastung ambulant arbeitender PsychotherapeutInnen in Deutschland während der Corona-Pandemie untersuchte. Methodik Von April bis Juni 2020 nahmen 155 PsychotherapeutInnen an der Online-Fragebogenstudie teil. Untersucht wurden neben beruflichen Veränderungen, die Stressbelastung, Burnout-Symptome und das Wohlbefinden. Darüber hinaus wurde der Einfluss aktiver und vermeidender Bewältigungsstrategien sowie verschiedener Arten der Selbstfürsorge (z. B. berufliche Unterstützung, Achtsamkeit für arbeitsbezogenen Stress und die Balance zwischen Berufs- und Privatleben) auf die psychische Belastung untersucht. Ergebnisse PsychotherapeutInnen waren während der Pandemie im Schnitt 1,22 Stunden pro Woche weniger therapeutisch tätig als vor der Pandemie. 38% der Behandlungen erfolgten per Videotherapie. Vermeidende Bewältigungsstrategien waren mit einem erhöhten Stresserleben assoziiert, was wiederum höhere Burnout-Werte und ein geringeres Wohlbefinden vorhersagte. Eine gute Work-Life-Balance, eine gute tägliche Balance im Arbeitsalltag und aktive Bewältigungsstrategien wirkten sich hingegen positiv aus. Entgegen der Erwartung hing Achtsamkeit für berufsbezogenen Stress mit einem geringeren Wohlbefinden zusammen. Diskussion Die Balance zwischen Berufs- und Privatleben kann als eine präventive Maßnahme dienen, um Stress während der Corona-Pandemie zu reduzieren und dadurch das Burnoutrisiko zu senken und das Wohlbefinden zu verbessern. Vermeidende Bewältigungsstrategien stellen hingegen einen Risikofaktor für ein erhöhtes Stresserleben während der Pandemie dar und begünstigen Burnout sowie ein geringeres Wohlbefinden. Schlussfolgerung Diese Studie lieferte Hinweise darauf, wo präventive Maßnahmen zur Stressprophylaxe und zum Erhalt des Wohlbefindens von PsychotherapeutInnen perspektivisch ansetzen könnten, um dazu beizutragen, dass diese Ihre PatientInnen während der Pandemie weiterhin gut versorgen können.

Work–life balance: Break or burn out

Nature ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 545 (7654) ◽  
pp. 375-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendall Powell
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Burn Out

Multi-level Sources of Work-Life Balance: Evidence from the Public Health Sector in Tanzania

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 79-103
Author(s):  
Kalangari Rwehumbiza ◽  
Eun-Jung Hyun ◽  
Seung-Yoon Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Health Sector ◽  
Multi Level

scholarly journals Public sector austerity cuts in Britain and the changing discourse of work–life balance

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 586-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzan Lewis ◽  
Deirdre Anderson ◽  
Clare Lyonette ◽  
Nicola Payne ◽  
Stephen Wood
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Public Sector Organizations ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Financial Pressures

The relative importance of economic and other motives for employers to provide support for work–life balance (WLB) is debated within different literatures. However, discourses of WLB can be sensitive to changing economic contexts. This article draws on in-depth interviews with senior human resources professionals in British public sector organizations to examine shifting discourses of WLB in an austerity context. Three main discourses were identified: WLB practices as organizationally embedded amid financial pressures; WLB practices as a strategy for managing financial pressures; and WLB as a personal responsibility. Despite a discourse of mutual benefits to employee and employer underpinning all three discourses, there is a distinct shift towards greater emphasis on economic rather than institutional interests of employers during austerity, accompanied by discursive processes of fixing, stretching, shrinking and bending understandings of WLB. The reconstructed meaning of WLB raises concerns about its continued relevance to its original espoused purpose.

scholarly journals Basic Model of Work-life Balance for Married Women Working in Public Sector in Penang, Malaysia

Webology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 882-895
Author(s):  
Kalthum Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Employee Assistance ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Basic Model

This paper is to discuss a basic model of work-life balance for married women working in public sector. The model is formulated based surveys received from seventy-six (76) respondents working in various public sectors in Komplek Tun Abdul Razak (KOMTAR) Penang. The study discovered that basically there are two main factors contribute to work-life balance, family related factors and job-related factors. In addition, to achieve work-life balance and to ensure productive and efficient working women, there should be incentives and services provided by the employers and government/non-government agencies to ease the burden of working women both in managing their families and their work. The incentives and services suggested by the respondents are suitable and flexible leave policies, dependent care centres, flexible working hours and work-family activities and support system and also counselling service or employee assistance programme. Since the model is formulated based on a study carried-out only on a small number of respondents, further studies should be carried-out to confirm the model or to up-grade the model. However, the model can be a basic model for more detail and comprehensive model of work-life balance for working women in Malaysia in future.

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