The concept of work life balance emerged
during the Industrial Revolution. In those days
Industrialists agreed upon labour union’s demand of
‘One day off’. Later on, this is converted into ‘two day off’
which is followed in all the western countries. Grady et al
(2008) stated that the term’ work-life balance’ is more
comprehensive and includes “family, community,
recreation and personal time.”
The objectives of the research are to study the impact of
practices followed in Norway and India on work-life
balance, to gain insight on Google company’s work-life
balance practices, to identify and suggest vital work-life
balance practices that can be applied in Indian context.
The research is descriptive in nature. The data has been
collected mainly from secondary sources – research
papers, annual report of companies (employee
engagement) and articles.
The tools used for achieving objectives and analysing are
comparison method, case study analysis and survey
method. The comparative and case study analysis shows
that the education system, job security, income inequality
are some of the factors which hinder the work-life balance
in India. Flexi hours, time for creativity, family
participation in workplace boost the enthusiasm and
morale of the employees.
The research is based on secondary sources. The primary
data would more effectively convey the problems faced in
work life balance. The work-life balance practices
followed by only one company is taken into the study due
to time constraint. The comparative analysis of work-life
balance practices of big films would give better insight
and would help in deriving dynamic solution. The sector
centred, institution centred or gender centred study will
give broader overview of the work-life balance. The
search acts a base for comparative analysis.
WORK-LIFE BALANCE: A CASE STUDY ANALYSIS ON GOOGLE AND A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PRACTICES FOLLOWED IN NORWAY AND INDIA