Effect Of Job Demands, Work Engagement On Work-Life Balance Among Nurses In Cape Coast Metropolis

Abstract

The present study aimed to examine the effect of job demand on work-life balance (WLB) and the mediating role of work engagement among nurses. The current study relied on simple random sampling to sampled 125 nurses from the Cape Coast metropolis. The statistical tools employed for this study were Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 and SmartPLS version 4. The study found a negative relationship between job demand and work life balance. The study also revealed a negative relationship between job demands and work engagements in the Cape Coast metropolis. The results further showed that nurses tend to have a low work-life balance when faced with job demands in the hospital. The results of the present study further confirm the mediating effect of work engagement in the relationship between job demands and work life balance, which suggests that increasing work engagement of nursing professionals will improve their work-life balance. The study recommended nursing managers to enhance a work engagement environment to support WLB of nurses in their facility.