A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PERCEPTION AND SATISFACTION ABOUT WORK LIFE BALANCE IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR FEMALE ACADEMIA

Abstract

In the entire world, the increasing economic pressure and social demands have changed the role of working women, who are coming out of their homes for supporting their families. At a certain age, women have to get married which leads to many additional responsibilites and once they become mothers, they also have to manage the primary care of the children. The competing demands of these multiple roles make it tough for the women to cope up with the pressure at the work place. So, their work life balance plays a major role in producing desired results at the work place, maintaining a good quality of life, and a peaceful environment at home and work place. The work life balance of female academia is the main focus of this paper. It aims to find out the factors, using EFA (exploratory factor analysis) and t-test, which create a difference in perception and satisfaction about work life balance in the professional life of public and private sector female academia. More than five hundred female academicians are surveyed using a self-structured questionnaire from public and private academic institutions across India to find out their views. The study shows that the perception is different due to lack of job satisfaction and recognition, and private sector is less satisfied owing to lack of support and facilities from the organization, improper time management, and extra workload. Some suggestions have been provided so that the private educational institutions can minimize this difference and the private sector female academia can balance their professional and personal life, and live in harmony.