Impact of Changed Work Environment and Family Dynamics on Work Life Balance: A Study on Indian Working Women during the Ongoing Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This research paper examined the impact of changed work environment, due to pandemic, on working women and how they managed to realize the work-life balance. The study wanted to find out whether there was any impact on women's workplace engagement and workplace stress. Primary data were collected from working women, employed in the education sector, who were full time employees or teachers at university, college, and school level. The study found that there was significant relationship between all the three factors, affecting WLB, from respondents' perspective. The R-square of the SEM model was found to be .78, which indicated that 78% of the variance in WLB could be attributed to work engagement, work stress and family life.