Managing work-family conflict in the medical Profession: working conditions and individual resources as related factors
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Managing work-family conflict in the medical Profession: working conditions and individual resources as related factors. / Mache, Stefanie; Bernburg, Monika; Vitzthum, Karin; Groneberg, David A; Klapp, Burghard F; Danzer, Gerhard.
in: BMJ OPEN, Jahrgang 5, Nr. 4, 2015, S. e006871.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Managing work-family conflict in the medical Profession: working conditions and individual resources as related factors
AU - Mache, Stefanie
AU - Bernburg, Monika
AU - Vitzthum, Karin
AU - Groneberg, David A
AU - Klapp, Burghard F
AU - Danzer, Gerhard
N1 - Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - OBJECTIVES: This study developed and tested a research model that examined the effects of working conditions and individual resources on work-family conflict (WFC) using data collected from physicians working at German clinics.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 727 physicians working in German hospitals. The work environment, WFC and individual resources were measured by the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, the WFC Scale, the Brief Resilient Coping Scale and the Questionnaire for Self-efficacy, Optimism and Pessimism. Descriptive, correlation and linear regression analyses were applied.RESULTS: Clinical doctors working in German hospitals perceived high levels of WFC (mean=76). Sociodemographic differences were found for age, marital status and presence of children with regard to WFC. No significant gender differences were found. WFCs were positively related to high workloads and quantitative job demands. Job resources (eg, influence at work, social support) and personal resources (eg, resilient coping behaviour and self-efficacy) were negatively associated with physicians' WFCs. Interaction terms suggest that job and personal resources buffer the effects of job demands on WFC.CONCLUSIONS: In this study, WFC was prevalent among German clinicians. Factors of work organisation as well as factors of interpersonal relations at work were identified as significant predictors for WFC. Our results give a strong indication that both individual and organisational factors are related to WFC. Results may play an important role in optimising clinical care. Practical implications for physicians' career planning and recommendations for future research are discussed.
AB - OBJECTIVES: This study developed and tested a research model that examined the effects of working conditions and individual resources on work-family conflict (WFC) using data collected from physicians working at German clinics.MATERIAL AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study of 727 physicians working in German hospitals. The work environment, WFC and individual resources were measured by the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire, the WFC Scale, the Brief Resilient Coping Scale and the Questionnaire for Self-efficacy, Optimism and Pessimism. Descriptive, correlation and linear regression analyses were applied.RESULTS: Clinical doctors working in German hospitals perceived high levels of WFC (mean=76). Sociodemographic differences were found for age, marital status and presence of children with regard to WFC. No significant gender differences were found. WFCs were positively related to high workloads and quantitative job demands. Job resources (eg, influence at work, social support) and personal resources (eg, resilient coping behaviour and self-efficacy) were negatively associated with physicians' WFCs. Interaction terms suggest that job and personal resources buffer the effects of job demands on WFC.CONCLUSIONS: In this study, WFC was prevalent among German clinicians. Factors of work organisation as well as factors of interpersonal relations at work were identified as significant predictors for WFC. Our results give a strong indication that both individual and organisational factors are related to WFC. Results may play an important role in optimising clinical care. Practical implications for physicians' career planning and recommendations for future research are discussed.
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
KW - Adult
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Family
KW - Family Conflict
KW - Female
KW - Germany
KW - Hospitals
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Medical Staff, Hospital
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Perception
KW - Physicians
KW - Self Efficacy
KW - Social Support
KW - Socioeconomic Factors
KW - Stress, Psychological
KW - Work
KW - Workload
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006871
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006871
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25941177
VL - 5
SP - e006871
JO - BMJ OPEN
JF - BMJ OPEN
SN - 2044-6055
IS - 4
ER -
