Abstract
Nurses are faced with a lot of responsibilities, at work and home. This gives rise to work-family conflict. There are several factors which could affect work-family conflict. This study identifies specific job characteristics and their influence on work-family conflict among nurses working in the teaching hospitals in Anambra State. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study, as a proportionate sampling technique was used to select 257 nurses from the two teaching hospitals in Anambra State. The instrument for data collection was work-family conflict instrument, and Work-design questionnaire which was adopted, modified and revalidated. The data generated was statistically analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. Results stated that high level of work-family conflict was reported by nurses. Average number of patients served per day and workload influenced work-family conflict positively with a p-value of 0.044 and 0.00, respectively. Workload and average number of patient served per shift are the job characteristics that influence work-family conflict. Therefore, workload of nurses should be analyzed critically and the review of nurses workload for further adjustments so as to increase their productivity both at work and home. Key words: Job characteristics, work-family conflict, workload, job autonomy, Nigeria, Anambra State.  
Highlights
Nurses are primarily involved in taking care of the infected (Makola et al, 2015)
The study was conducted in two teaching hospitals in Anambra State: Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku from September 1 to November, 2018
The major findings of the study were that in general, the level of work-family conflict was high among nurses working in the teaching hospitals in Anambra State
Summary
Nurses are primarily involved in taking care of the infected (Makola et al, 2015). Same as other employees in different fields, nurses are faced with the demands of work and home responsibilities as their main daily tasks (Makola et al, 2015), and juggling between these two spheres is part of everyday life for millions of employees across the globe (Lembrechts et al, 2015; Karimi et al., 2012). In the health sector, there has been an increase in competitive pressures, which has led to increase in time demands on workforce so as to increase productivity, leaving less time available for the employees to be with their families (Akintayo, 2010). Among Nigerian female medical doctors and nurses, work-family conflict exists (Fang, 2017)
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