WORK LIFE BALANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT FOR NURSES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF PESHAWAR HOSPITALS
Keywords:
Work Overload., Organizational Support, Organizational Commitment, Work-Life BalanceAbstract
The research was carried to investigate the effect of work-life balance on organizational commitment. Though numerous kinds of research have been carried out in the same field to find the effect of work-life balance on organizational commitment in people in distinct careers, there needs to be more regarding healthcare, specifically in Pakistan. After reviewing the literature, the research followed the deductive approach, a sub-part of positivism philosophy. The study employed survey techniques to collect data from the nurses in the hospitals of Peshawar. Around 300 respondents’ data have been gathered via questionnaires, emails, and distributions by Google Forms. After the data collection, all the data collected was put forward for examination by a statistical tool, namely IBM SPSS. Because of the conclusive research design, correlation and, regression analysis was performed to find the extent of the relationship and effect. The research outcomes exhibited that work-life balance positively affects and perceived organizational support the organizational commitment; however, work overload influences organizational commitment negatively. They study recommends that different training sessions must be held for the managers and other upper-level employees to create awareness of the significance of making their nursing staff feel cared for, valued, and, most importantly, respected by organizations.
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