A Study on Work-Life Balance of Women Employees in Selected Service Sectors

In the recent times, the issue of work-life balance has gained more attention due to the reason that an individual's work life and personal life may present conflicting demands on one another while the demands from both the spheres are equally important. Work-life balance refers to maintaining the balance between performing roles and responsibilities at work and at home. Work-life balance is one of the most challenging issues being faced by the women employees in the 21st century. This problem is more for women employees because of the type of roles they play at home and the spillover of personal life over work life and vice-versa. Based on the contemporary issue of work-life balance of women employees, the present research is done. The study aims to examine work-life balance of women employees and analyse various factors affecting work-life balance. The women employees in Bangalore city constitute universe for the study. The researcher has drawn 360 women employees working in various sectors like banking, insurance, IT, BPO, health care and education constituting 60 employees from each sector for the purpose of the study. Data was collected with the help of a structured questionnaire and data was analyzed using statistical tools like ANOVA and Mean score. The study revealed that the levels of work-life balance of women employees in select service sectors of the study are significantly different.