1Research Scholar (Ph. D), Department of Public Administration Osmania University, Hyderabad. (T.S)
2Dept. of Public Administration Osmania University, Hyderabad (T.S).
Online published on 8 August, 2018.
The present enquiry has as its theme, the understanding of the predictors of Work-Life Balance among women professionals in Telangana State along with assessing their work-family conflicts and identifying their coping strategies that enable the achievement of equilibrium between work and family. The study also devotes to examine the presence and pervasiveness of ‘Glass-ceiling’, as affecting the career prospects of women professionals in Telangana State. The theories of Symbolic Interaction and Gender Inequality have been adopted as conceptual frame for analysis. The results reveal that though different strategies are resorted to meet the demands of career on family, the pattern of coping strategies are similar among all professional groups. Though conflict is pervasive in both the domains, the work domain is seen as a slightly greater source of conflict than the family domain. The prevalence of ‘glass-ceiling ’is confirmed and it is found that it denies due appreciation and ruin the career prospects of women professionals.
Women Professionals, Work-life Balance, Role conflict, Work-family conflict, Gender Discrimination, Glass-Ceiling
