Open AccessConceptualizing the Impact of Work-Life Balance on Job Satisfaction - Can the Issues be resolved among Nurses?
Author(s) -
Wan Marhaini Wan Omar,
Dalila Diyana Mat Zaid,
Nor Hannan Mohamad,
Zulhabri Ismail
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of emerging economies and islamic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2289-2559
DOI - 10.24191/jeeir.v9i1.9763
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , work–life balance , workload , work (physics) , balance (ability) , job design , human multitasking , conceptual framework , job attitude , nursing , psychology , applied psychology , job performance , medicine , computer science , sociology , social psychology , engineering , mechanical engineering , social science , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , operating system
In the nursing world, work-life balance and health maintenance has become a prominent issue. Nurses are drawn into a variety of directions which require them to be multitasking. The excessive workload of nurses creates the imbalance between professional and personal life. Thus, the aim of this study is to propose a conceptual framework on the impact of work-life balance on job satisfaction among nurses at public hospitals. Prior literatures provided a number of examples that illustrated how work-life balance impacted job satisfaction among nurses. However, there is a lack of literature that focuses on how the dimensions of work-life balance such as working hours, work pressure and workplace culture impact job satisfaction. This conceptual framework can be beneficial to the public hospitals as to improve their policies and to upgrade the benefits programs, work distribution and work-life balance initiatives inside the organization. This framework is also designed to serve as a basis for future research in this area.