Impact of job related issues on the work-life balance of women gaenacologists

The changing economic conditions and social demands have altered the nature of work as well as familial concepts throughout the world. The concept of Work-life balance (WLB) is becoming more and more relevant in this ever unfolding, dynamic and highly competitive working environment. When compared to the past, India is currently booming with employment opportunities mostly in the service sectors and consequently balancing work and life for these employees has become an important issue of societal significance. In fact there are complex and inter-twined factors arising from the job related issues (JRI) and contributing along with other factors to the WLB of Women gaenacologists Even though some scales are available for the measurement of WLB, they do not provide a fully dedicated psychometric tool for the measurement of JRI based on the societal and familial concepts existing in the Indian society. Therefore in the present work a 10 items, three factor scale is developed for measuring JRI in relation to WLB of the Women gaenacologists. The data needed for the development of the scale was collected from 150 Women gaenacologists. Kaiser-Meyer Olkin test and Bartlett's test were conducted to check the sampling adequacy and sphericity of the data and the dimensions (factors) were resolved through factor analysis. The JRI measurement scale was found to be having high reliability and validity with dependable Cronbach's alpha values. Attempts have also been made to test and discuss the influence of JRI on WLB of the Lady Doctors.