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ABSTRACT
Work life balance is the maintenance of balance between the responsibilities at work and at home. An imbalance leads to stress and strain. The problem in this regard work life balance may be found more among the women than their counterparts due to the responsibilities which the women share especially at home. Thus the present study focused on the work life balance of the women employees. The findings of the study show that the women employees had a moderate level of work life balance. The findings also show that family environment and work environment had a significant influence on the work life balance of the women employees.
Keywords: work life balance, family environment, working environment
INTRODUCTION
The families face a lot of challenges and problems for survival. To deal with the same both husband and wife are engaged in earning. The dual working couples are increasing day by day due to the economic pressure .This necessitates balancing the responsibilities at work and at family among the family members. In particular, women may face more problems compared to men as they have to take care of the household chores more than men. Thus work life balance may pose a bigger challenge to women compared to men. Employers are becoming increasingly aware of the cost implications associated with the over-worked staffsuch as operational and productivity costs, absenteeism, punctuality, commitment and performance. There are five main reasons why companies participate in work life balance programs: High return on investment, recruitment and retention of the staff, legislation, costs and union regulations. Work-life balance is a form of metaphor; but a metaphor of what? In the English language "balance" is a complex word with a variety of meanings. As a noun, a balance is a set of scales, a weighing apparatus; it is also the regulating gear in clocks. If we use the scales, then balance occurs when there is "an equal distribution of weight or amount" (OED); but this presents problems for work-life balance since both sides may be very heavy or very light. However, balance also has a physical and psychological meaning as "stability of body or mind" so that suicide is sometimes officially recorded as taking one's life "while the balance of the mind was...