JIMS8M: The Journal of Indian Management & Strategy
Web of Science
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 4

A study of factors affecting work life balance of women employees at Bangalore city

*Assistant Professor, Department of Management Studies, S.E.A. College of Engineering & Technology, Bangalore (Karnataka)

**Professor, Department of Management Studies, K.L. University, Vaddeswaram, District Guntur, (Andhra Pradesh)

Online published on 25 December, 2014.

Abstract

Worklife balance is the major problem especially experienced by women employees now-a-days. Today it is necessary to have dual earners in every family. It is observed that many women are working in various fields to meet their family requirements. The aim of the present study is to analyse the factors of worklife balance of women employees in various sectors in Bangalore. Factor analysis is used as a statistical tool for the study. The data is collected primarily from a sample of 340 women employees working in different sectors like education, banking, insurance, IT, BPO, marketing and medicine. The findings show that there are 8 major factors with eigen value greater than 1.0. The factors with highest scores are demographic variables, nature of work, personal relationships, WLB policies, Work environment. The factors with the low scores are Stress management, Cafeteria work life balance and burned out.