scholarly journals COVID-19 Lockdown and work life balance

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-146
Author(s):  
Pooja Jain ◽  
U. S. Rawat
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Job Stability ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Global Issue ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Work And Life

Work life balance has been a global issue for decades. Literature has revealed that the women have been constantly with it and which is a reality too, having so many reasons and consequences behind it but during this pandemic covid-19 lockdown which compelled everyone to work from home it became a challenge for women as well as for men to make a balance between work and life. As simple as if you are doing work sitting at home so there will be some expectations and duties which are the demand of this time only due to the pandemic specially when no one can go out. Some little eyes will be looking for your concern, some elderly hands will be raising for your help irrespective of you are a male or a female along with it to focus on work has become a big challenge during this time of uncertainty when the question of job security and job stability automatically stands in front of you in such an unimaginable situation which was never ever thought. Then what would be the response and strategy to make a balance between work and life? To know about it a study was conducted which was not merely for women as well as for men to. For the study, an online survey was conducted with the help of structured questionnaire. As it was impossible to go for door to door survey during this lock down. For this purpose 55 male and females were selected randomly as respondents.

scholarly journals MANAGING THE POROUS BOUNDARIES: IMPACT OF WORKING FROM HOME ON WORK LIFE BALANCE OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS DURING COVID 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Farah Naz ◽  
Riffat-un-Nisa Awan ◽  
Dr. Ghazala Noureen
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home

The closure of educational institutions due to COVID-19 has forced universities to shift from in-class to online education. We aim to address an aspect of this shift that remains widely unacknowledged, namely, the gender inequalities associated with the struggle to manage two separate domains (home and work) under the same roof. Using cross sectional data gathered through an online survey from various universities and degree awarding institutions, we explore the question of how working from home during the covid-19 pandemic has shifted (or not shifted) the work-life balance of male and female university teachers. Our research shows that work from home during covid-19 has some negative repercussions for the work life balance of female university teachers. Females are facing difficulty in maintaining a healthy work life balance. They reported more work family conflicts; more family demands and challenges; and less satisfaction while working from home as compared to male university teachers. The findings of our paper suggest that this new workplace arrangement has disproportionately increased the overall burden on female university teachers in both the important domains of their life (Family and work).  Key Words:  COVID-19, Gender, Work from Home, Work Life Balance  

scholarly journals Dimension of Work Life Balance in Software Companies

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Deivasigamani J. ◽  
Dr. Shankar
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Software Companies ◽  
The Media ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Significant Attention ◽  
Work And Life

Work-Life balance is a concept with several connotations and varied consequences within and among different stakeholders. Over the past two decades the issue work-family and work-life balance have received significant attention from employers, workers, politicians, academics and the media. Concerns about work-life balance have become salient for number of reasons. Demographic and social changes have resulted in more women entering the workforce, working mothers becoming the norm rather than the exception. In this view, the researcher has done a study to understand the employees work life balance with reference to software companies in Chennai.This study was conducted based on the objectives to know the work life balance of the employees in the software companies. There were 110 sample of respondents were chosen based on convenience sampling. Questionnaire was administered to collect the responses which have been formulated in such a way to meet the objectives of the study.The results of the study brought out various interesting findings. However, this study also had thrown few suggestions for managing the work and life in software companies.

scholarly journals Determinant and Consequence of Civil Servant Engagement: A Mediated-Moderated Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Hendrawati Hamid, Muhammad Ashoer
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Life Balance

Bureaucratic reform is continually echoed to meet demands of the masses for better functioning of the public sector service. To respond the afromentioned issue, this study adopted several important constructs in contemporary human resource management (work-life balance, engagement, in role-performance, and self-efficacy) and analyzed the mediation and moderation role in the context of civil servants. In addition, to collect primary data, an online survey method was used and distributed to Civil Servant (CS) within the scope of the provincial government of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. PLS-SEM based analysis was employed to test measurement and structural models. The results indicated work-life balance had a positive and significant effect on CS engagement but does not affect in-role performance. Furthermore, the role of engagement as a mediator and self-efficacy as moderator was confirmed to be significant. The discussion, implications, and recommendations for prospective study are discussed further.

scholarly journals Challenges for work–life balance during COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown: exploring gender difference in emotional exhaustion in the Indian setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 705-718
Author(s):  
Bhumika Bhumika
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Indian Setting ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Interference

Purpose This paper aims to attempt to explore the nature of relationship between work–life balance and emotional exhaustion experienced by the employed individuals while working from home during the pandemic COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown in the Indian setting. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 180 working professionals in North India who were working from home during the lockdown. PROCESS macro developed for SPSS was used to test the hypotheses. Findings Findings depicted that in comparison to men, women felt more emotional exhaustion due to personal life interference in work during work from home period. Surprisingly, the relationship between work interference with personal life, and emotional exhaustion did not differ by gender. It was found that the participative leadership could contribute to reduction of work interference with personal life, and through such an influence, emotional exhaustion experienced by an employee could be reduced to some extent. Originality/value Many previous studies have explored the nature of the relationship between work–life balance and emotional exhaustion, but rarely any study could cover any Pandemic affected working scenario. This study attempted to investigate such a relationship when employees were obligated to mandatorily work from home during the countrywide lockdown.

scholarly journals A Research on Work Life Balance of Employees Aruneshwara Hi-Tech in in Thiruvanamalai

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 5291-5294
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Sensitive Issue ◽  
Proper Balance ◽  
Work And Life

Work Life balance of an Employee is very important for any Organisation. Proper balance of Work and Life will automatically lead to higher yield. This Work Life Balance is a sensitive issue and there are many factors which ultimately lead to proper balance of Professional Work and Personal Life. These factors can be segregated as Demographic and Psychographic. The challenge is to find out the extent of impact of these two variables on the Work Life balance of an Employee and meet him at the point of his need. The below study is an analysis of the Work Life Balance of Employees working in Arunsehwara Hi-Tech in Thiruvannamalai.

scholarly journals The Influence of Work-Life Balance with Work Motivation as Mediating Factor on Job Satisfaction A Prediction toward Transition to New Normal Situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Inayah Alfatihah ◽  
Antonius Soelistyo Nugroho ◽  
Elmarian Haessel ◽  
Anita Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Analysis Technique

This study aimed to examine the effect of work-life balance and work motivation on job satisfaction. The literature review used to discuss the dynamics between variables is work-life balance, motivation and job satisfaction. The approach to this research is quantitative, and the number of respondents involved in this study was 212 people who filled out the survey through an online survey. We collect data during new normal situations. The data analysis technique in this study refers to the structural equation model. The results obtained show that all hypotheses are proven. In other words, this study has shown that work-life balance affects job satisfaction, then work motivation affects job satisfaction, and work-life balance can mediate work motivation on job satisfaction.

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