TO IDENTIFY IRRATIONAL BELIEFS, LOCUS OF CONTROL, QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AMONG NURSES WORKING IN GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE HOSPITALS

In this study, a descriptive research approach was used to identify irrational beliefs, locus of control, quality of work life among nurses among nurses working in government and corporate hospitals. Multi-stage random sampling technique with a structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the samples. Results of the 197 samples revealed that 43.1% respondents were from government hospitals and 56.9% were from corporate hospitals. In multiple correlation coefficients the values are 0.417 and it measures the degree of relationship between actual values and predicted values of the irrational beliefs and locus of control. The values obtained as linear combination of irrational beliefs and locus of control. And the relationship between quality of work life and irrational beliefs is quiet strong and positive.