Work-Life integration of solo professional working mothers

The influx of industrial revolution created many changes in society, in the family and the family life. The advent of industrialization coupled with the global economic and social development created rapid changes in the cultural setting. Many activities traditionally performed by the family and the woman in the home have been inevitably superseded by the introduction of labor-saving machines or technologically aided tools thus providing the woman with time to engage in full part-time jobs outside the home. This study focuses on the solo professional working mothers in a rural setting specifically seeking to identify their personal and work profile and describe their life as a solo parent as well the effects of their employment and/or the practice of their profession on the different aspects of their motherhood l. A sample of 45 solo professional working mothers who have at least one or two children and have resided in the place for at least one year were taken as the primary sources of data for the study. A descriptive normative method of research was used. Utilizing the data gathered from the respondents, results of this study showed that the respondents’ career beneficially affect their life in all aspects in the sense that the career serves as a deciding factor for them to plan their families. Considering the needs of time, having solo working mothers leaving their homes every day to spend the day at their workplace is but a common and natural. This study proved that there are advantages and benefits being derived in having professional solo mother in terms of the different dimensions mentioned in this study. However, it is important for the solo professional working mothers to grow professionally and personally by ensuring graduate courses and must possess the skill of proper time and resource management to promote smooth family relations.