Work Life Balance (WLB) Vs Job Satisfaction of Employees in Industries

Abstract

Changes in the social, political and economic fabric of societies have influenced and continue to influence both the nature of employment and its relationship to life outside work. Work life balance has emerged as a hot topic in recent years– fuelled in part by changing trends in employees social roles. Whilst labor market participation has increased for employees of all ages, employees continue to shoulder the main responsibility for organizing and undertaking unpaid caring work.

In India, it is taken for granted that economic activities are exclusively the prerogative of males while domestic work, child bearing and child rearing are the sole occupations of employees. Historically, employees in India have not enjoyed a good status in workplace settings whether in managerial or operative roles. Since times immemorial, employees have been burdened with work of all sorts all through their lives. From reproduction to all household chores and outside, their role as worker is significant, unique and burdensome. But they are discriminated and exploited all over. The Services Sector constitutes a large part of the Indian economy both in terms of Employment potential and its contribution to national income. The Sector covers a wide range of activities from the most sophisticated in the field of Information and Communication Technology to simple services pursued by the informal sector workers, for example, Vegetable sellers, hawkers, rickshaw pullers, etc Among fast growing developing countries, India is distinctive for the role of the service sector. The changing economic conditions and social demands have changed the nature of work throughout the world. The concept of Work life balance is becoming more and more relevant in an ever dynamic working environment.