The Relationship Between Efficacy And Work Family Conflict- A Study Among Doctor’s From Private Hospitals In Delhi Ncr

Abstract

Professionals today look for alternatives to manage the expectation from both work and life. The pressure to retain jobs for a decent livelihood means long hours’ heavy work load and extended work weekends. Add to this the family demands of dependent supervision and care, household chores and want for family leisure time and self-care leads to a very natural and invincible overlap between the two cores of work and life often leading to conflicting situations. The aim of the study is to find out if individual level factor of efficacy in managing work/family demands has a significant relationship work-family conflict among professionals. The cross section aldescriptive research study was conducted as part of ongoing thesis on work life balance among Doctors from Private hospital of Delhi NCR. The results indicate that efficacy in managing family to work conflict has a significant negative correlation with family-work conflict. However, no significant correlation found between efficacy and work-family conflict.