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Introduction
Pakistan has suffered an epidemic of bombing, explosions and violence that has killed
thousand people, with a number of physically injured and countless suffer psychological effects
of traumatic experiences (Muchinsky, 2006). The Rescue 1122 service of the Punjab has the
responsibility of attending both the primary and secondary victims of all kind traumas. Rescue
1122 saved over 1,740,652 victims of emergency response teams (Muchinsky, 2006). Rescue
workers motivate to help the people and reduce damage in hazardous circumstances. Stressful
events are experienced regularly by firefighters and rescue workers in the act of their set duties.
Apart from this natural incident-stress, fighters and rescue workers are also likely to experience
organizational stress, interpersonal problems work related to quality of life (Durkin & Bekerian,
2000).
The selection of rescue workers 1122 is very accurate thorough and demands a very high
standard of fitness both mental and physical and have a meaning of work related quality of life.
So, this research have the main objective is to found out the relationship public service
motivation, work related quality of life and family work conflict in rescue 1122 field workers.
organization employment that explains why individuals have a desire to serve the public and link
their personal actions with the overall public interest. Understanding the theory and practice of
PSM is important in determining the motivations of individuals who choose careers in the
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government and non-profit sectors despite the potential for more financially lucrative careers in
public institutions’ (Perry & wise 1990 : 368).The definition goes beyond self-interest or
organizational interest. This does not mean that individual or organizational interests cannot
coincide with the public interest, but when in competition, the public interest prevails.
1.1.1 Dimensions of public service motivation. There are four basic dimensions of PSM
including (i) Attraction to public policy making, (ii) commitment to public interest, (iii)
Compassion, and (iv) Self-sacrifice (Perry, 1997; 1996; Perry & Wise, 1990). These motives are
subcategories of three broadly classified motive namely (i) rational motives, (ii) norm based
motives and (iii) affective motives (Perry, 1996). A lot of work has been carried out on the
concept of PSM since then, thus inviting the researchers to conduct detailed and in-depth studies
on this concept (Castaing, 2006; Coursey&Pandey, 2007; Coursey et al., 2008; DeHart-Davis,
Marlowe &Pandey, 2006; Kim, 2009; Leisink&Steijn, 2009; Moynihan & Pandey, 2007; Taylor,
emotional and behavioral demands of both paid work and family responsibilities” (Hill, 2001).
Work family conflict occur when an individual’s experiences incompatible demands between
work and family roles, causing participation in both roles became more difficult this imbalance
create conflict at the work life interface. It is important for organizations and individuals to
understand the implication linked to work family conflict (Thomas & Ganster, 1995). Role
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conflict have different dimension according to the situation in which they occur. One type of role
conflict is occurs when an employee performance different role in family setting or at work place
environment. It is such category of stress that the majority of individuals experience at work as
well as home and it is called as work family conflict. It is also occurred if someone executes two
or more than two roles at a time in different situations like an employee, a parent or a spouse.
This term is defined as a pattern of inter role conflict which create pressures between family and
work domains. These are similar in temperament with each other (Beutell & Greenhaus, 1989).
WFC is more likely to put forth pessimistic influences in the family domain, as a result
lowering life satisfaction, and reusing the passion of public service motivation. The issues
associated with balancing work and family are of vital importance to the different groups-
individuals, employers, families, and government. Balancing WFC produces benefits such as
competitive advantage, public welfare and gross national happiness. WFC also influence work
related quality of life. Because when a person face many traumatic events about family they
cannot proper attention on them work. Then they are not satisfied their work related quality of
perspective means that employ both work and family situations may produce result in the form
of work family conflict or inter-role problem. Work family conflict may result when
participation of individual in one role may create an impact influence on the other role and
individual is unable to manage both role demands. It could be in two directions or types either
work inference with family or family inference with work. In one type of conflict the work, the
work demands interfere with the family demands and insert pressure from work to family. On the
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other hand, in family to work inference, the demands of family get in the way with the workplace
demands and introduce pressure from family to work (Beutell & Greenhaus, 1989).
Boyar (2003) argued that high levels of work demands may be associated with employee
perceptions that family responsibilities are barriers to accomplishing work goals, thereby
creating family-to-work conflict. Once again, such pressure may create negative psychological
spillover into family life, thereby creating work-to-family conflict. Workload pressure is
consistently associated with high levels of work-to-family conflict (Boyar, Maertz, Mosley, Carr,
formulated a model regarding to work family conflict. Many researchers are suggested that for
the experience of the work family conflict, structural factors within both demands play a chief
importance for stress in individuals. So they anticipated that even though structural feature may
contribute chief importance but these are not fully contribution for work family conflict like
of different variables of personality and they also have founded that high work family conflict is
According to model of role conflict, Kopelmen et al. (1983) furnished a model of conflict
which suggest that work family conflict associated positively to family conflict over and above
work conflict and also had relationship between them. The family and job satisfaction had
associated negatively to individuals having all these three forms of conflict independently.
(Carlson, 2000).
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1.2.3 Theories of work-family conflict. Social identity theory is based on cognition and
social psychology where membership in each group results from cognitions and not from
interpersonal affections. Social identity consists of several aspects of the individual’s self that are
derived from the social groups to which they perceive themselves to be belonging (Tajfel and
Turner, 1986). For instance, an individual’s self-image includes many social identities that
relates to the various roles played by the individual, such as an employee at the workplace and a
Work-family conflict can be examined using spill over theory (Staines, 1980), though it
does not explain a linking mechanism between the work construct and family construct (Edwards
and Rothbard, 2000). Spillover, refers to the effects of one role (work or family) on another
(family or work) generating similarities between the two roles. Edwards and Rothbard (2000)
reported that these similarities are described in terms of work and family affect (i.e., mood and
satisfaction), values (i.e., the importance ascribed to work and family pursuits), skills and
behaviors.
This is complementary to the spill over theory which postulates that an inverse relationship.
exists between work and family, such that, people making differing investments in one role, in an
attempt to make up for one that is missing in the other. Therefore, it refers to a decrease in
involvement in the dissatisfying role and on the other hand an increase in the involvement in the
other role. Involvement may be viewed as investment of time, energy, attention or importance
1.2.4 Role theory. Role overload is a situation in which individuals have to face with
high demand of roles, responsibilities or activities which need to be accomplished within certain
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time and beyond their ability to perform. Employees would experience greater intensity of work
family conflict if they are required to cope with workload more than they can manage at certain
period, which in turn lead to negative emotions, fatigue, tension and other mental health
Scholars have given considerable attention to the ways in which roles affect individual
behavior since over the past 50 years (Jackson & Schuler, 1985). Studies that examined the
impact of work family conflict on work related quality of life have found significant
relationships between WFC and WRQOL. Research findings have also indicated that role
overload which correlates with WFC are also associated with a lower level of work related
quality of life and a higher tendency to leave the organization (Boyar ,2003).
Conflict is another component under role demand. Work family conflict refers to the
difficulty faced by employees in dealing with two or more sets of pressures and conflicting roles
occurring simultaneously (Katz & Kahn, 1978). In addition, scholars (Fisher & Gittelson 1983;
Jackson & Schuler 1985) have found wok family conflict to be linked with unfavorable
consequences, such as lower job satisfaction, lower motivation, organizational commitment, job
performance, higher turnover intentions and low satisfaction of work family conflict (Boyar
,2003).
organization and work related quality of life. From an organizational perspective, having highly
motivated employees is important both in the short and in the long run. Previous studies have
consistently found that public service motivation impacted performance (Riketta ,2008),
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withdrawal behavior such as absenteeism (Sagie, 1998) and well-being with work related quality
Although limited, several studies have been conducted to link WFC and PSM. In a study
(Aycan, 2008). In the event of work-family conflict, many people were experienced negative
outcomes including low Public Service motivation, difficulty in concentrating on the job,
withdrawal from work, distress, irritability, sleep deprivation, guilt feelings, experiences of panic
and sadness. Eventually, the conflict increases the intention to quit from work and marriage
(Aycan,2008).
Work related quality of life is a broader idea which incorporates and mental aspects of
individual daily life. There are two types of quality of life refers to pleasure with things and
related with good thoughts and emotion. Objective quality of life is related with physical well
being; accomplishment of civilizing and societal demand for wealth, class environment
circumstances which result societal growth ( Bertero, Sefic & weis, 2000).
The quality of work life is an important component quality of life. The quality of working
life includes such work areas as employees’ health and well-being, guarantee for employment,
career planning, competence development, life and work balance, and etc. The results of
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evaluation of quality of working life factors could be possibility for social programs
levels (Akranavičiūtė & Ruževičius, 2007; Brown et al., 2004; Ruževičius, 2012; Van de Looij,
1995).
1.3.1 Dimensions of quality of life. Work related quality of life encompass the following
efficiency, productivity, safety and welfare at work, stress, work load, burn-out. These
mentioned factors can be influenced from public service motivation as physical and
psychological results of work which affect the employee (Arts, 2001). Other authors suggest to
involve in this concept that WRQOL is hardly influenced form work family conflict because they
worker who face family problems they cannot pay proper attention on their work life. Them they
cannot think about the importance of work related quality of life and the public service
The main problem is that there is no universal quality of life determination. Quality of
life is influenced by an individual’s physical and mental health, the degree of independency, the
social relationship with the environment, and other factors (Ruževičius, 2012; Shin, 1979).
Quality of life could be defined as an individual’s satisfaction with his or her life
dimensions comparing with his or her ideal life. The evaluation of quality of life depends on the
individual’s value system and on the cultural environment where he lives (Gilgeous, 1998).
Nonetheless, when analyzing quality of life, it should be kept in mind that this concept is wider
than the issues of an individual’s health. Brown (1993) observes that from both political and
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philosophical perspectives, the perception of quality of life can be based on one of the following
The characteristics of good life can stem from normative ideals based on religious,
philosophical or some other systems. For instance, an individual can be positive that the essential
element of quality of life is helping other people – based on one’s religious principles (harris,
1993)
The essence of quality of life lies in the fulfillment of the individual’s priority needs. Due
to scarce resources, people prefer things that enhance the quality of their lives. Therefore, people
organize their lives considering the resources available to them, as well as their personal needs
(harris, 1993)
Quality of life can also be perceived through an individual’s life experience. If a person
perceives her or his life as good and desirable, it is possible to assume that it is indeed so in her
or his case. From such a point of view, the core criteria for the evaluation of quality of life are
Balancing work related quality of life is challenge in an adult’s life. The increase in dual-
career couples and single-parent households and the increase in traditional, single-earner families
mean that responsibilities for work, housework (Byron, 2005). Further, employees find
themselves struggling to juggle the competing demands of work and family. The excessive
pressure and scarcity of free time may adversely affect their ability to cope. This can lead to
dissatisfaction, absenteeism, poor personal relations, decreased work performance and public
service motivation and a person also face work family conflict (Davidson & Cooper, 2005).
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1.3.2 Theoretical background. In 1962 Abraham Maslow published his book Towards a
psychology of being, and established a theory of work related quality of life. Maslow based his
theory for development towards happiness and true being on the concept of human needs. He
growth and work related quality of life. When individuals took more responsibility for his/her
own life, individuals took more of the good qualities that they have into use, and became a more
free, powerful, happy, and healthy. It seems that Maslow concept of self actualization can play a
According to this theory, various elements of our lives are tied to the actions of
organizations. Indeed, most adult organize their lives around work. Most individuals spend a
good deal of their waking hours in work or job activities under the motivation of public service.
This theory shows that those people who have high level of public service motivation, they have
satisfied with their work related quality of life (Deci & Ryan, 1985). No doubt, work plays a
major role in the adult’s sense of self. On the other hand it can embody a number of conflicts.
Because when a person spend more time in his/her office then there are more chance to be victim
of a role conflict i,e. work family conflict. Successfully managing or lacking the ability and
resources to manage work family conflict affects the work related quality of life (Lawler, Nadler
Summary
Pakistan has suffered an epidemic of bombing, explosions and violence that has killed
thousand people, with a number of physically injured and countless suffer psychological effects
of traumatic experiences (Muchinsky, 2006). The selection of rescue workers 1122 is very
accurate thorough and demands a very high standard of fitness both mental and physical and
have a meaning of work related quality of life. In this chapter defined the variables public service
motivation, work family conflict and work related quality of life. An individual’s predisposition
to respond to motives grounded primarily or uniquely in public institutions (Perry & wise, 1990).
The degree to which an individual is able to simultaneously balance the temporal, emotional and
behavioral demands of both paid work and family responsibilities (Hill, 2001). Quality of life is
defined as a bodily, emotional, intellectual, cultural or job satisfaction in a person daily’s life
(Bardwel & Hernendez, 2001). In this chapter describe the type of work family conflict, models
of work family conflict, theories of work family conflict and the theoretical background of work
family conflict who describe the relation between work family conflict and work related quality
of life and also explain the that how public service motivation effect by work family conflict.
The role theory are based on this study. Role theory is described how public service motivation
effected by work family conflict and how the satisfaction of work related quality of life are
Literature Review
This purpose of this chapter to emphasize for a better understanding of work related quality of
life of Rescue workers. In addition this chapter will explore how Public service motivation and
work family conflict effected on work related quality of life. Through a review literature, one can
outline what other researchers have examined, associated result and recommendation for further
investigation. This chapter outline the literature on the following topics; a) the feature of public
service motivation ,b) how rescue workers face work family conflict ,c) effect of public service
to work family conflict among medical staff like doctors as well as nurses. The organizational
commitment has been tried out in term of future three dimensions which are effective, normative
and continuance commitment. In this research, canonical analysis was used to analyze
questionnaires. Sample consisted of 411 doctors and 355 nurses and they engaged in different
hospitals and private teaching faculties in Ankara state. Canonical analysis showed that there was
a weak and positive relation between work family conflict and organizational commitment.
Overall research result recommended that doctors and nurses working in hospital and faculties
that had high commitment to their work, they experience more work family problems or conflict
Hung, Tung-Chun, Laweler, John, Lie and chin-Yi (2007) reported that the importance of
balance between family and work life, few have included work related quality of work life
(WRQOL) and job related attitudes. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of quality
of work life on auditors career and organizational commitment in Taiwanese public accounting
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firms, and how those commitments, in turn, affect turnover intention. Our finding indicate that
different dimensions of work related quality of life result in distinctive effects on orgizational
and career commitments and turnover intentions(Hung, Tung-Chun, Laweler, John, Lie & chin-
Yi , 2007)
A research was conducted by white, kolotkin and Byrne (2002).the purpose of this study
was investigate the relationship between family work conflict and quality of life. This study
hypotheses that those have work family conflict people report poor satisfaction quality of life.
Data was collect form 109076 individuals by using behavior risk factor surveillance system
include variables, age gender, education, employment status. Relationship between family work
conflict and poor satisfaction quality of life was observed in all age of groups.
Public service motivation (PSM) research suggests that PSM influences employee sector
choice, yet relatively little research examines how time moderates this relationship. In this
research we examine public service motivation among private and public sector lawyers. Using
survey data that measure sector of employment at multiple time periods, we investigate the
stability of the relationship between individual reward orientations and sector employment
choice over time. Our findings suggest that while PSM may not clearly predict the employment
sector of a respondent’s first job, it does increase the likelihood that a respondent’s subsequent
2.1 Rational
Some Rescue workers 1122 have to face many traumatic events during their job specially
those who are working in operations and providing services to the people. They have to face
many life challenging situations such as work family conflict, and personal problems (life
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changing situations, emotional difficulties, illness can impact their job). On the other hand there
are many factors that have need to explore which may effect health and the passion of work
Under the workload pressure they reduce the ability to solve daily life problems even
then cannot pay proper attention on their work. Then they are especially victims of work family
conflict because their job and family have different culture, thought patterns, behavior and
attitude (Tajfel & Turner, 1986). For instance, an individual’s self-image includes many social
identities that relates to the various roles played by the individual, such as an employee at the
workplace and a parent/spouse in the family. They need a proper time of family and job.
Public service motivation is directly related to individual quality of work (brewer, 2002).
Motivated public servants are more committed to their work, they strive to attain goals and
objectives as well as they can, but in our society they loss passion may be due their job demands
and family expectations. This research will give new directions for research in this area which is
not much studied in Pakistan. Our research findings will highlights the need a proper institute for
rescue health especially helps to solve the problem related rescue works (such as family issue,
• To find out relationship between public service motivation, work family conflict and
• To find out predictors of work family conflict and work related quality of life.
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2.3 Hypothesis
1. Public service motivation and work family conflict is likely to have relationship
2. Public service motivation and work family conflict is likely predicts the work
Summary
This purpose of this chapter to emphasize for a better understanding of work related
quality of life and the passion of public service motivation in Rescue workers. In addition this
chapter will explore how Public service motivation and work family conflict effected on work
related quality of life. Through a review literature, one can outline what other researchers have
examined, associated result and recommendation for further investigation. This chapter outline
the literature on the following topics; a) the feature of public service motivation ,b) how rescue
workers face work family conflict ,c) effect of public service motivation and work family
conflict on work related quality of life. In this chapter describe the pervious researches related to
topic. This chapter helps in understanding the nature of variables and direction of relationship
between variables.
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Method
Sample of present study will be rescue workers. Sample will be drawn purposive
sampling strategy.
3.2.1 Sample
According to G power calculator the current study sample will be (N= 107). Age range of
ii) Rescue workers working in operations (such as fire fighters and emergency medical service
providers etc)
iii) Rescue workers with at least 1 year of job experience with Rescue 1122.
i) Those workers other than operations such as the person at executive position and assisting
ii) Rescue workers who currently being diagnosed with any psychiatric illness or currently on
3.3 Measures
Self report measures that provided best operationalization of the study variables
according to theoretical background will use in the present study. It will assured that the
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instruments will be used in the present study have not any cross-cultural validation problems. It
will also consider that those instruments will have good psychometric properties. The idea of
3.3.1 Demographic measures. The first portion of the survey tools will consist on the
question related to demographic information, including, age, education, marital status, monthly
3.3.2 The Work-Related Quality of Life (WRQoL) Scale. The Work-Related Quality
of Life (WRQoL) scale is a 23-item psychometric scale used to gauge the perceived quality of
life of employees as measured through six psychosocial sub-factors. The WRQoL scale is used
understanding the quality of working life of working people (Simon & Darren , 2000).
3.3.3 Revised Public Service Motivation Scale (PSMS). Public service motivation was
measured by Revised Public service Motivation Scale by Kim (2006). Scale is consist on four subscales;
policymaking, commitment to public interest, compassion, and self-sacrifice. Scale is a 5-likert scale
ranges from (Strongly Disagree = 1) to (Strongly Agree = 5). Reliability coefficients of original scale
3.3.4 The Work Family Conflict Scale (WAFCS). The Work–Family Conflict Scale
(WAFCS) is a short 10-item measure assessing WFC (five items) and FWC (five items).
Respondents will ask to rate their level of agreement with each item on a 7-point scale form 1
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(very strongly disagree) to 7 (very strongly agree). Sample items include: ‘‘my work prevents me
spending sufficient quality time with my family’’ (Work-to-family subscale) and ‘‘my family has
a negative impact on my day to day work duties’’ (Family-to-work subscale). For each subscale
items will summed to provide the total WFC score (range 7–35) and FWC score (range 7–35)
with higher scores will indicate higher levels of conflict (Haslam , Sanders,& Sofronoff , 2013)
organization (NGO) employment that explains why individuals have a desire to serve to public
and link their personal actions with the overall public interest (Perry & Wise, 1990).
emotional and behavioral demands of both paid work and family responsibilities” (Hill & Miller,
2001).
3.5 Procedure
After the approval of synopsis from boarded of study meeting; permission for the translation of
scale will be taken from the authors. After translation, permission of data collection will be taken
from Institute of Applied Psychology, Punjab University and from where the data will collect. A
schedule will set with the authority of rescue 1122 workers for data collection in accordance with
the availability of all workers. The purpose of the research will be explained to every participant
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in research. Only those participants will include that fulfill the inclusion criteria and showing
willingness for the participation of the research. They will be insured about confidentiality of
their responses and the right to withdraw from the research at any time without any penalty.
After that questionnaire will be provided to the participant, all the assessment measure will be
In order to conduct this research, the following ethical consideration will kept in mind:
• The permission will take from the concerned authority of the Institute of Applied
Psychology.
• The permission will be taken from the concerned department of the rescue 1122
workers.
• The consent will be taken from the participants after explaining nature of the
• The participant will have right to withdraw or terminate from participation at any
time.
• The participants will be assured that the information gathered from them will kept
confidential and will not to be used for any other purpose other than this research
work.
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