ORGANIZATIONAL DETERMINANTS AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A DEMOGRAPHIC & SECTORAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

ABSTRACT The determinants/factors affecting work-life have been of great importance and concern in the past as well as the current International and national, socio-economic scenario, but there exists a dearth of research on the demographic analysis of the organizational factors affecting work life balance at both the levels and the present study proposes to fill this gap by determining the major organizational determinants and depicting their demographic differentials. Responses were sought from 150 middle and senior level employees working in various manufacturing and service sector organizations in the north-western region of India through a structured questionnaire. The results revealed that incidence of work-family imbalance was higher in case of employees working in the service sector than in the manufacturing sector. Four organizational factors affecting the work-life balance of employees were extracted through Factor Analysis, namely, pro-employee orientation, pro-family orientation, work timings and commuting time. The study unfolded the new relationships and associations between the organizational factors affecting work life balance and demographic determinants such as gender, experience and income of the respondents. It was observed that pro-employee dimension of organisational determinants affecting work-life balance was associated with the gender of the employee, and the commuting time dimension of Organisational determinants affecting work-life balance was associated with the experience and income of employees. The results of the study would greatly enrich the existing understanding of organizational determinants and as well as can be used for suggesting the appropriate work life balance strategies for employees working in manufacturing and service sector