Work life balance of medical professionals during Covid-19

Abstract

Work life balance even though has been a contemporary topicin recent years but still there are organisations and job profileswhich do not allow a good work life balance. Most researchersfocused on female doctors or female nurses for their researchbut researchers have proved that work life balance impactequally irrespective of gender. During pandemic we are hearinga greater number of cases where medical professionals are workingin difficult conditions. Even during pandemic work life balanceshould be given importance. Questionnaire was circulatedthrough social media and 80 responses were received. Findingof this study reveals that medical professionals’ work life balanceis greatly affected by organisational factors as well as emotionaland physical wellbeing. This research will have social implicationsin terms of understanding challenges faced by medical professionalsin terms of managing their work- life–balance.