The relationship between self- efficacy and work family conflict among doctors Mankotia Kirti1,*, Dr. Jain Rashmi2 1Research Scholar Department of Social Work, Jamai Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India 2Assistant Professor Department of Social Work, Jamai Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India *Email: kmankotia@gmail.com
Online published on 6 October, 2020. 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-sectional descriptive research study was conducted as part of on-going thesis on work life balance among Doctors from a Private Hospital of Delhi NCR. The results indicate that efficacy in managing family to work conflict has a significant negative correlation with family interfering with work. However no significant correlation was found between Work Family Conflict and self-efficacy. Top Keywords Work family conflict, Efficacy, Doctors, Work life balance. Top |