Analysing the prevailing status of nurses at private hospitals in Bangladesh: A study on quality of work life

Abstract

Enhancing the quality of the work of employees and the overall productivity of an organization are considered the basic premises of Quality of Work Life (QWL). The purpose of this study is to examine the prevailing status of the level of QWL of Nurses at private hospitals in Bangladesh, to identify the critical factors influencing the QWL, and to suggest some strategies to improve the QWL. This study follows a mixed method approach to collect and analyze the data. This study reveals in terms of QWL of Nurses at private hospitals in Bangladesh that the nurses are suffering from considerable discrepancies in the working environment, job security, payment structure, promotion policy, overtime and shifting, and pressure on the job. Based on the findings, this study suggests some strategies for the concerned authorities to mitigate the sufferings of the nurses at private hospitals and ensure the QWL on it. *Correspondence to: Kingsley Emwinyore Agho, Department of Biostatistics, School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Australia, E-mail: K.Agho@westernsydney.edu.au