Study on effect of work life balance in private and public sector banks in Madurai district

Work life balance is about the interaction between paid work and other activities, including unpaid work in families and community, leisure and personal development. Workers punctuality, teamwork, customer service, work supervision responsibility, group behavior, peer interaction and leadership initiative by workers are reduced due to lowered self-worth and morale in workers due to conflict in work life balance. There is a mismatch between what employers offer and what members want. There are high levels of unmet demand for some work life balance options that go beyond the current ‘family friendly’ approach. Managers act as barriers to members achieving appropriate work life balance managerial behavior and attitudes are both influenced by and are influences on organizational culture. While research has shown that management role modeling of good work life balance behaviors is an enabler in helping staff manage home and work. Various studies have also shown that line managers having major influence on employee satisfaction. Thus, the study is intended to find out the contributing factors that influence work-life balance among working employee of public and private sectors banks.