<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of this study was to examine the perception of conflict between work and family roles and job, family, and life satisfaction among nurses in Croatia. One hundred and twenty-nine nurses (married mothers) working in hospitals in Zadar, Šibenik, and Split were divided in four groups according to their worktime schedule. The participants completed a survey, which included a set of sociodemographic-type questions, questions about the level and allocation of family responsibilities between spouses, and scales measuring the perceived negative effects of worktime, psychological demands of the work, work-family conflict, and semantic differential scales for measuring the affective and cognitive-evaluative component of job, family, and life satisfaction. This was the first study in Croatia to deal with work-family conflict among nurses or workers with different shift systems.</p><p>The results of this study indicate that nurses working morning shifts only experienced less conflict between work and family than other groups of nurses, who worked the morning, afternoon, and the night shift. The cognitive-evaluative component of job satisfaction was the highest among morning shift nurses and the lowest in nurses who worked 12-hour shifts, while the affective component of life satisfaction was the lowest in nurses working irregular and backward rotated shifts. These results confirm that shiftwork makes the work-family role conflict even worse. They also support the view that the type of shift rotation matters.</p></abstract>

The objective of this study was to examine the perception of conflict between work and family roles and job, family, and life satisfaction among nurses in Croatia. One hundred and twenty-nine nurses (married mothers) working in hospitals in Zadar, Šibenik, and Split were divided in four groups according to their worktime schedule. The participants completed a survey, which included a set of sociodemographic-type questions, questions about the level and allocation of family responsibilities between spouses, and scales measuring the perceived negative effects of worktime, psychological demands of the work, work-family conflict, and semantic differential scales for measuring the affective and cognitive-evaluative component of job, family, and life satisfaction. This was the first study in Croatia to deal with work-family conflict among nurses or workers with different shift systems.The results of this study indicate that nurses working morning shifts only experienced less conflict between work and family than other groups of nurses, who worked the morning, afternoon, and the night shift. The cognitive-evaluative component of job satisfaction was the highest among morning shift nurses and the lowest in nurses who worked 12-hour shifts, while the affective component of life satisfaction was the lowest in nurses working irregular and backward rotated shifts. These results confirm that shiftwork makes the work-family role conflict even worse. They also support the view that the type of shift rotation matters.

Conflict Between Work and Family Roles and Satisfaction among Nurses in Different Shift Systems in Croatia: a Questionnaire Survey

Department of Psychology, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology

The objective of this study was to examine the perception of conflict between work and family roles and job, family, and life satisfaction among nurses in...

Conflict Between Work and Family Roles and Satisfaction among Nurses in Different Shift Systems in Croatia: a Questionnaire Survey

Published Online: Jun 21, 2012

Page range: 189 - 197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2159

Keywords
smjenski rad, sukob radne i obiteljske uloge, zadovoljstvo obiteljskim životom, zadovoljstvo poslom, životno zadovoljstvo

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Conflict Between Work and Family Roles and Satisfaction among Nurses in Different Shift Systems in Croatia: a Questionnaire Survey

Published Online: Jun 21, 2012

Page range: 189 - 197

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-63-2012-2159

Keywordssmjenski rad, sukob radne i obiteljske uloge, zadovoljstvo obiteljskim životom, zadovoljstvo poslom, životno zadovoljstvo

This content is open access.

Keywords
smjenski rad, sukob radne i obiteljske uloge, zadovoljstvo obiteljskim životom, zadovoljstvo poslom, životno zadovoljstvo