An Empirical Investigation on HRM Practices and Work Life Balance of Female Nurses in Tamil Nadu

The purpose of this research is to find demographic and biographic characteristics of nurses in Indian urban market and to identify the following aspects such as job characteristics, time spent on work, organizational support, task & physical environment, attitude towards work life balance policies, stress inducing factors of the work environment of nurses in Indian urban market. The research also tries to analyze attitude towards organizational supportive measures to improve WLB of nurses in Indian urban market and Design appropriate human resources policy for Indian urban hospitals. The study uses exploratory method and the sample size is 1226 nurses from various locations in Tamil Nadu. The data for the research was collected through Questionnaire. The researcher faced certain limitations in collecting the data, such as, lack of time, explaining the questionnaire to respondents; difficulty in contacting the respondents during working hours. Findings, suggestions and conclusions were made by keeping an eye on the research objectives.