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The impact of Job stress, Workload and Long Working Hours on the Job Satisfaction of Government Doctors at Tamil Nadu

Nithyajothi Govindaraju *

Graduate School of Business, Segi University, Malaysia.

Periodicity:June - August'2019
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.14.1.15207

Abstract

The doctor's profession is considered as crucial as it is casually related to the lives of human beings. In Tamil Nadu, there is a general inclination that in government hospitals, the patients are not treated adequately by the doctors, and government doctors concentrate more on their private clinic. The study objective is to find out job stress, workload, and long working hours influencing job satisfaction among the government hospital doctors of Tamil Nadu. The study sample comprised of 250 doctors working in government hospitals in Nagapattinam District. 250 Questionnaires were distributed. 155 were received back and considered for data analysis using SPSS version 22. The study results concluded that long working hours and workload have a positive relationship with job satisfaction. Job stress has a negative relationship with a government doctor's job satisfaction.

Keywords

Job Satisfaction, Performance, Facets, Stress, Long Working Hours, Workload, Tamil Nadu, Government Doctors, Turnover Intention.

How to Cite this Article?

Govindaraju, N. (2019). The Impact of Job Stress, Workload and Long Working Hours on the Job Satisfaction of Government Doctors at Tamil Nadu. i-manager's Journal on Management, 14(1), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.14.1.15207

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The impact of Job stress, Workload and Long Working Hours on the Job Satisfaction of Government Doctors at Tamil Nadu

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