Influence of Work Family Conflict on Work Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behaviour among Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigate the influence of work family conflict on work engagement and organizational citizenship behaviour among healthcare professionals. The sample of the study was 120 healthcare professionals in which 60 married and 60 unmarried healthcare professionals for quantitative method. The data was collected from individuals in Kerala. Work-Family Conflict scale developed by Netemeyer et al. (1996), Utrecht Work Engagement Scale developed by Schaufeli et al., (2006) and Organizational Citizenship Behavior-Checklist developed by Suzy Fox and Paul Spector (2009). The collected data were analyzed using appropriate statistical technique such as t- test and Pearson correlation coefficient. The findings from the study reveals that there is significant difference in work family conflict and work engagement among married and unmarried healthcare professionals. Also, work family conflict is negatively correlated with work engagement and organizational citizenship behaviour among healthcare professionals and work engagement is positively correlated with organizational citizenship behaviour among health care professionals.