An Empirical Analysis of Work Life Balance: A study on women employees in Banking Sector

Abstract

In the current world, women are working in almost all the type of jobs demonstrating that there is no gender difference in work. Work-life balance is one of the supreme challenging issues being encountered by the women employees in the 21st century. Work- life balance means the extent to which the employee feels contented and have his or her needs fulfilled in both professional and personal faces of life. In the recent time the issue of work-life balance has gained more concern due to the reason that an individual’s work life and personal life may present contradictory demands, while demand from both the spheres are equally important. This problem is more prominent among female employees. The research is made on the current issues of work-life balance of women bank employees to find the factors influencing their work life balance. The study is based on both the public and private sector bank employees positioned as clerk, cashier and officers. Bank employees deal with a wide variety of population daily at their working schedules. The study focuses on the causes and consequences of imbalance on the basis of demographics, Rewards, Career Development factors, family and HR factors to look at the challenges associated with managing professional and personal life of women employees of the banking sector. Keywords: Banking, Professional Life, Women Employees, Work-life balance