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A Study on Work Life Balance of Employees
Sathya Narayanan. S, Student, Saveetha School of Management, India.
Dr. P. Praveen Kumar, Assistant Professor, Saveetha School of Management,
India.
Dr. C.H. Bala Nageshwara Rao, Director, Saveetha School of Management, India.
ABSTRACT
As per the survey, employees in India have almost the longest work weeks across the
world. Even though technology makes people more accessible and makes work easier, the stress
the employees feel after the work makes the door shut to them for their personal life. The women
employees suffer the most and the senior or top most employees deal with the problems which
relate to their work and forget their personal family life. Organizations can only facilitate, but the
initiative should be taken by the employee. The main fact is that employees who work in huge
buildings of Indian firms take home huge pay every month. However, when we take a closer
look, we see another reality which is not so bright. They need money to live but people forget the
family when they involve themselves in their work life. Contract workers who in need to travel
to various places ,lose their commitment with the family life .Women employees who work in
field of management face several problems in their work life and loses to show their own kind of
caring to their beloved ones. The interest of the family members in their own work affects the
love the children are in need. The physical and mental fatigue at work makes difficult the
responsibilities at home.
INTRODUCTION
We all have our own priorities in life
as well as in our work .In both places there
are enjoyment and achievement. Work and
life are dependent factors which involve
various factors into consideration. The work
is been explained as career and ambition and
life is been explained as health, pleasure,
leisure and family. The balancing of the
work and life is a critical thing at many
cases. Balancing our own needs with the
needs of the working environment or
organization is been stated as the work life
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balancing. The division of one's time and
focus between working and family or leisure
activities. A comfortable state of equilibrium
achieved between an employee's primary
priorities of their employment position and
their private lifestyle. If work life balance is
been achieved, it is beneficiary for both the
organization and one’s own life. If the WLB
of employee is been achieved it creates
increase in productivity and motivates
employee to give better performance ,on the
other hand an individual gets sense of
control over his family and leisure , stress
free mentality, reduced anxiety over people
in the society and his own life. To achieve
this state of comfort ability steps have to be
taken on both sides. Nowadays many
organizations take steps to help employees’
comfort ability. Organizations provide
family friendly working environment by
understanding the employees family needs
.Steps are been taken by the individual and
by the company. Factors like time,
satisfaction, and value are been taken into
consideration .Time and money are been the
considerable factors. Steps are been taken by
the side of organization like child health
care and health care policies, many
companies provide policies regarding the
practices of work life balance of employees.
Review of Literature
1. VerenaHofmann Nicola E.Stokburger- Sauer says about the emotional labor theory.
This its been conducted by a three phase
experimental empirical study in the hotel
industry.1st study reveals that employees
positive emotional display and dissonance of
negatively influence employees.2ndstudy
confirms emotional labour impact on their
work life balance perception 3rd study
explains how emotional labour negatively
impacts on employees drive through their
commitment.
2. SilvaKarkoulian JordanSrour
TalaSinan(2016) states about the compound
relationship between external and internal
locus of control, levels of perceived stress at
work and work life balance both the gender
variables male and female are been taken
into consideration here.
3. ConsolaciónAdameaEva- MaríaCaplliurebMaría-JoséMiquelb, States
that this research speaks about the positive
relationship between the presence of female
workers and the implementation WLB
measures. The presence of women does not
determine the level of implementation of
WLB policies. Hence while the opposite
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statement. The absence of organizational
commitment to WLB leads to the absence of
WLB policies.
4. GeorgetaPanisoara MihaelaSerban, States that
downsizing leads to a competition between
making the balance between work and
personal life. This research examines that
marital status has an impact over the firms
growth and personal life hence organization
can implement motivational policies. The
employees included in the research do not
have a significantly different work life
balance.
5. Flora F.T.Chiang a Thomas A.Birtch bHo
KwongKwan, Says that datas for this
research have been collected from
employees from hotel and catering
industries. Low job control coupled with
high job demand and the availability of
work-life balance and hence results in high
level of stress.
6. LeiWua BinahayatiRusyidi
bNancyClaiborne cMary L.McCarthyc, Says
that this study examines the relationship
between work-life balance and several job
related factors on people of United States of
America. It finds the reasons between these
factors and job satisfaction. Multiple
regression analyses that many factors of
time, value, income and support from the
organization is been used.
7. MoniqueValcour aArianeOllier-Malaterre
bChristinaMatz-Costa cMarciePitt- Catsouphes cMelissaBrown, Says that
perception of organizational work life
balance of employees is been examined in
this study. The theories of organizational
support and conservation of resources are
been used here. It states that organization
cares about the employees and it helps the
employees in making work life balance by
providing career development and welfare
schemes. It makes a result that the
organizations development depends on the
employee and employee depends on the org.
they depend on each other and apply with
the positive resources available.
8. Jarrod M.Haara 1MarcelloRusso
b1AlbertSuñec ArianeOllier-Malaterred,
Says that this study examines the effect of
WLB on several outcomes actress culture.
The sample employees are been taken from
various seven different districts. Job and
satisfaction are been considered as the
positive factor and anxiety and depression
are been considered as the negative factor
individualistic culture and collectivistic
cultures are been applied on employees.
Culture acts as a neutral factor among the
relationship.
