Work-Life Balance @ Working Couples - A Review of Literature

Employees care about work life balance more than money. The modern economy has resulted in better opportunities, jobs and salaries. The flip side of the coin is that this has also brought in extended working hours, leaving very little time for individuals to balance their work. It is not surprising that Indians consider work life balance as their main concern although job security remains central to all activities of life. Concerns such as health, children's education and caring old parents, etc; also figures in the work life cycle to cope with. The Indian concern of parents’ welfare and happiness is a unique and typical mindset, rarely seen in any other society the world over. But concerns differ across regions and even individuals. In the present paper an attempt is made by the authors to understand the research gap in balancing of work life of working couples serving in private sector units. It was found that women employees need to make more adjustments as compared to male counterpart and also couples working in same organization have more balance in their work and life and also support from children have for better work life balance.