• Kruti Patel1

Research was aim to study an occupational role stress of female practising doctors of Ahmedabad. Exploratory research study has been conducted to explore the perception about medical profession, occupational role stressors and work life balance mechanism of female doctors running their own clinics. Qualitative date has been collected by depth interview method. 10 Female practising doctors were interviewed. Content Analysis method was used to analyses the responses further. Female practising doctors of Ahmedabad feel medical as a profession of services of human kind. They feel immense satisfaction in removing pain of the patients. At the same time they also feel that the kind monetary return they are getting is less compared to other profession. The major sources of stress for them are Family type, Domestic Help, Patient related problems, Staff and clinic related problem, Lack of time and Heavy Investment in Private Set up. Coping strategies adopted to manage the stress related to profession are Listening music, watching movies, going for trips, Shopping, Walking, Meditation & Yoga and Watching “Tarak Mehta ka Ulta Chhashma”

Occupational Role Stress, Qualitative, Work-life Balance, Stressors Coping strategies, Content Analysis

"“A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF AN OCCUPATIONAL ROLE STRESS OF FEMALE PRACTISING DOCTORS OF AHMEDABAD”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.1094-1100, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809295.pdf

"“A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF AN OCCUPATIONAL ROLE STRESS OF FEMALE PRACTISING DOCTORS OF AHMEDABAD”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp1094-1100, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809295.pdf