A Study on Women Work-Life Balance with Reference to Three Dimensions: Personal Life, Work Life-Educationist (Faculties) and Work Life- Research in Bangalore Colleges

Abstract

Over the last century, the demographics and culture of the workplace have significantly changed. In the 21st century, women play dynamic roles in every field whether professional or domestic. Today’s women are sharing equal responsibilities of their family so work life balance of women faculties has become a very significant subject. Work life balance refers to effective managing power between personal and professional lives according to the needs. Work-life balance is one of the most thought-provoking issues faced by women faculties. Work-life balance acts as an important means between personal life and professional life of women. The purpose of this paper is to determine the factors affecting WLB of women with respect to three dimensions: Personal life, work life- educationist (UG and PG Faculties) and work life – research. This study investigates the factors affecting women WLB in three different dimensions like: Personal life, work life-educationist (UG and PG Faculties) and work life–research in Bangalore Colleges. The data collection is through a structured questionnaire administrated to 98 randomly selected, working women faculties across colleges in Bangalore city. The data was statistically analysed with the affect of regression correlation and chi square test. The results state that the greatest priority is given to work life-educationist (UG and PG Faculties) in contrast to personal life and work life-research. Although personal life is important for women, the ever mounting work pressure is taking a toll on the working women, leaving them with lesser amount of time for personal life and research augmentation. Hypothesis test indicates that there is a significant proportion of working women facing complexity in balancing personal life due to high work pressure as a consequence of balancing work life-educationist (UG and PG Faculties) and work life–research. Model suggests different ways of ensuring a balanced life in three dimensions. The main focus is about Personal life. It indicates that family support and time are two variables. Work life- Educationist (faculties) indicates that career growth, financial stability, and job security are variables and Work life-research indicates that reputation and scholarly power are considered two variables. This occurs due to time constraint in managing the three dimensions. The research suggests that the three-dimensional balance is very essential to trounce work-life balance. It is not about the quantum of priority given, it is all about balanced life of a professional woman (faculty).