“Job Design and Work-Family Conflict of Registered Nurses in Ghana”

Abstract

In an organization, designing a job according to human capacity and characteristics is an effective way of managing human resources. Human resource is an essential resource as compared to other resources. Job design is an essential aspect of human resources, which 
designs a job's content, methods, and function. The study aims to examine the relationship between job design and work-family conflict among registered nurses in Ghana. Correlational research design was utilized; 155 registered nurses were conveniently sampled from two hospitals in Ghana. The researchers utilized self-constructed survey questionnaires for the variables. The questionnaires had high reliability. Ethical principles were observed in the study. The statistical treatments used were mean and 
standard deviation Pearson Correlation to address the research questions.  The results of the study showed that nurses had low job design and high work-family conflict. The study showed that there was a negative moderate significant relationship between job design and work-family conflict. There was no significant difference in job performance when age, sex, and clinical experience were considered. The study further recommends that there should be personal management of resources by the nurses to balance their work and family function and reorganizations of the nurses' structure to enhance job satisfaction among the nurses). There should be 
proper measures to prevent burnout in nurses, and it proposed a job enrichment program for nurses.