International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Work-life balance is a term used to describe the balance between an individual’s professional and personal life. A healthy work-life balance assumes great significance for working women particularly in the current context in which both, the family and the workplace have posed several challenges and problems for women. In this literature review, several studies related to the subject have revealed that women usually face role conflict more than men. Work-family conflict occurs when an individual experiences incompatible demands between family and work roles, causing participation in both roles to become more difficult. This imbalance creates conflict at the work-life interface. Many family-friendly organizations feel the need for work-life balance which includes recruitment and retention of valuable work force, reduced employee stress, job satisfaction, reduced absenteeism, health benefits, and better life balance, by applying some interventions in the area of working hours which have been successful in improving work-life balance, such as, flexible working hours. With the basis of extant literature, primary and secondary data, the present paper has made an effort to understand the current status of WLB among women employees in Palakkad district.

Keywords : Work-Life Balance, Working Women, Personal Life, Professional Life, Stress.