Impact of Factors on Work Life Balance Due to Technology Transformation with Respect to Information Technology Employees

Abstract

A balanced work and family life leads to a strong work life balance. Due to the increase of employment, longer working hours due to inadequate family income, target driven work culture makes it problematic for a good work life balance. It is also seen that the advancement in the digital technology have made everyone reachable beyond traditional working hours. This study focuses and investigates on the factors which influence the ‘Work-Life’ balance of employees in the selective IT companies. After various references from articles, a research model was derived. Remote Work (RW), Increased Communication (SE), Work Extension (WE), Permeability (PER) and Flexibility (FLE) are the independent Variables and Work Life balance (WLB) is the dependent variable taken into consideration for the study. Convenience sampling is adopted for the study. Out of the 266 questionnaires distributed, 213 responded. After neglecting the 9 incomplete or invalid responses, the sample size was determined to be 204. The study shows that remote work has a positive influence on work life balance whereas the permeability and flexibility has a significant influence on the other way.