WORK LIFE BALANCE AMONG THE EMPLOYEES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR – A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
Work-life balance is one of the most challenging issues being faced by the employees in the 21st century because of the type of roles they play at home and the spillover of personal life over work life. The concept of work-life balance has stemmed from the fact that an individual's work life and personal life may put forth conflicting demands on one another and the demands from both the domains are equally important. Work-life balance refers to maintaining the balance between responsibilities at work and at home. This paper aims at examining the work-life balance among the employees in Information Technology sector under the sociological perspective. This study adopts descriptive research design involving random sampling procedure. Primary data was collected using Questionnaire method utilizing 5-point Likert scale. The sample size was 100 comprising 50 married and 50 unmarried respondents and the variables examined were occupational stress and work-life imbalance practices. The statistical tools applied were Mean, Standard Deviation, ANOVA, and t-Test. The results indicated that there is a significant difference among the employees in terms of perception towards work-life balance.
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