Social Support and Its Relationship to Work-life Balance — A Study of Medical Professionals in Government Hospitals of Himachal Pradesh

By : Sakshi Sharma, Jai Singh

Page No: 56-66

Abstract
Social support is the extent to which an individual perceives that his or her needs for support, information, and feedback are fulfilled. In fact, social support is closely related to the concept of a social network, or the ties to family, friends, neighbours, colleagues, and others which have some significance to the person. Support is a crucial component of job resource. Several research studies in the past have proposed that individuals can cope with work and family demands if they were well supported by the people around them. Keeping this in view, the present study was designed to investigate the relationship between the various sources of support and work–life balance (and its dimensions). The study sought to determine whether work support (supervisor and co-worker) and spouse support had any relationship with work–life balance and its dimensions. The study was conducted among medical professionals employed in various government hospitals of Himachal Pradesh. A sample of 216 nurses and 141 doctors were selected in the study. The data thus collected have been analyzed with the help of SPSS 17. In order to analyze the data the statistical tools,viz. Pearson correlation coefficient and One-way ANOVA were used. The findings of the study demonstrated significant correlation between various sources of support and work– life balance (and its dimensions).

Authors :
Sakshi Sharma : UGC Research Fellow in Himachal Pradesh University Business School, Shimla. She is M.B.A. (Human Resource Management and Marketing Management) and B.Tech in Information Technology. Sakshi was previously working as Assistant Professor in Ideal Institute of Management and Technology, affiliated to G.G.S.I.P.U.
Jai Singh : Professor in Himachal Pradesh University Business School, Shimla. He has published over 50 research papers and critics in various refereed journals