Study of work-family conflict among female and male nurses in Sabzevar city and its relationship with job satisfaction

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In the present study, we has studied work-family conflict among female and male nurses in Sabzevar city, and its relationship with job satisfaction. The population of this study consisted of 200 nurses who are married, 86 of whom were males and 114 females. In this study, two sets of questionnaires, which are included job satisfaction questionnaire (GDI) and the scale of work and family conflict, were applied. Research hypotheses were studied by t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient tests.Data of this research showed that work-family conflict in females is more than male, significantly. This subject can be due to women’s responsible for doing the job and family roles in society that is expected from them based on cultural traditions. But it has resulted to reduce of Job satisfaction among women nurses. Nevertheless, the level of work and life satisfaction of male nurses is lower than female nurses. This is probably due to cultural stereotypes that believes nursing roles is appropriate for women, and no for men.

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