Work Life Balance of Women Working in Higher Educational Institutions in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh

Authors

  • V. Tulasi Das Department of Human Resource Management, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur - 522 510, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Ch. Vijayalakshmi Ph.D. (JRF) Scholar, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur - 522 510, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • D. Sharon Lily Research Scholar, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur - 522 510, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2013.2.1.1119

Keywords:

Work life balance, Work attitude, Performance, Work interference, Flexible work schedules

Abstract

Indian families are undergoing rapid changes due to the increased pace of urbanization modernization and sociocultural environment. Indian women belonging to all classes have entered into paid occupations. Demographic and societal changes, globalization and advances in technology are forcing businesses to transform the way they operate. It has opened new vistas, increased awareness and raised aspirations of personal growth. This, along with conomic pressure, has been instrumental in influencing women’s decision to enter the work force. Apart from that, the growing needs such as caring for children and aging family members demand for a dual income household, or increased healthcare costs also influencing to enter into workforce. These all leads in the existing family and societal setup, working women are overburdened and find it increasingly difficult to balance their work and life roles. At the present time, Indian women’s exposure to educational opportunities is substantially higher than it was some decades ago, especially in the urban settings, which provide opportunities to enter into work for sharing family burdens. Work – Life Balance of women is a challenging issue for leaders, managers and has also attracted the attention of researchers. Work life balance, in its broadest sense, is defined as a satisfactory level of involvement or ‘fit’ between the multiple roles in a person’s life. The study of work life balance involves the examination of people’s ability to manage simultaneously the multi-faceted demands of life. Keeping this in view we have selected a study to analyze the work life balance of women working in higher educational institutes in Guntur district of Andra Pradesh.

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Published

05-05-2013

How to Cite

Tulasi Das, V., Vijayalakshmi, C., & Sharon Lily, D. (2013). Work Life Balance of Women Working in Higher Educational Institutions in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. Asian Journal of Managerial Science, 2(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2013.2.1.1119