An empirical study of work-life balance: perception of gender

Abstract

Work life balance is a balance between flow and time, the flow of managing time by use of technology and setting priorities in life. The aim of this paper is to study gender perception (what faculties interpret) and perspective (how faculties view) on work life balance. The study is descriptive and pure quantitative in nature. It is based on the primary method of data collection. The variables considered in work domain are organisational policies, organisation culture, subordinate support; the variables under life domain include spouse support, social support, and lifestyle. Descriptive statistics and t-test was used to compare the difference between male and female on variables of organisation culture, family, and social support.Results reflect that family and social support play an important role in balancing work life while there is still some loophole in organisation culture which needs to be restructured. The results suggest that organisation needs to improve proper policy for work-life balance as most of the faculty members are unaware of it. Time to time workshops and training programs needs to be worked out for the faculty for their better living