The mediating role of work-life balance on the relationship between job resources and job satisfaction: perspectives from Indian nursing professionals
International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1934-8835
Article publication date: 23 September 2021
Issue publication date: 31 October 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the mediating effect of work-life balance (WLB) in the relationship between three significant job resources (namely, job autonomy, supervisor support and co-worker support) and job satisfaction experienced by frontline nursing professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in an Indian setting using the theoretical foundation of job demands-resources theory.
Design/methodology/approach
Structured questionnaire survey has been used to get the responses from 452 nursing professionals in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. To carry out data analysis structural equation modeling has been used.
Findings
The results reveal the relationship between the framed hypotheses. Surprisingly, the relationship between all three job resources and WLB was found to be positive, and also WLB was positively associated with nursing professionals’ job satisfaction during pandemic situations. However, WLB partially mediated the relationship only between two job resources (namely, job autonomy and supervisor support) and job satisfaction.
Originality/value
The research paper addresses Indian nursing professionals’ perceptions of job resources, WLB and job satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper seeks to examine such a relationship when nursing professionals’ worked round the clock with intuitive expertise and cautiousness to provide quality care and responded more efficiently to scarce resource situations.
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Acknowledgements
The support of Government of India’s Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), which provided a grant in the form of Research Fellowship to pursue a full-time PhD, is acknowledged. However, the funding agency had no role in the study design, the data collection, analysis, and interpretation of results, the writing of the research paper or the decision to submit the article for publication. Special thanks are extended to all collaborating hospitals and the respondents. The authors would like to acknowledge that this research study is based on our dissertation work.
Citation
Rashmi, K. and Kataria, A. (2023), "The mediating role of work-life balance on the relationship between job resources and job satisfaction: perspectives from Indian nursing professionals", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 1316-1342. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-04-2021-2722
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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