Impact of Information and Communication Technology Usage on
Work-life Balance among Professional Women in the
Construction Industry

The dynamics of socio-economic, personal and career advancement aspects were analysed from 75 information and communication technology (ICT) women professionals, from 7 various ICT organisations from Bengaluru, India. ICT industry continues to be the largest private sector employer in India for women in that 800,000 women currently working in this sector account for over 30 per cent of the existing hires and this figure is all set to rise in the future. The characteristics of the ICT industry in India and the nature of the work pose some unique challenges for women professionals in the industry. This study focuses on how does work and family related factors influence the work life balance and work conflict of women professionals. It is very evident that career oriented women has to manage / balance work & life due to stereotypic roles played. ICT women professionals have agreed that their career advancement is influenced by work or personal life enhancement. ICT Women Professionals have said that they have been affected by gender through various reasons on work interferences with personal life & career advancement. It is evident that there is a concern among women professionals working in shifts and it does bring in work on family conflict & family on work conflict.There is a very high significant relationship between Work Life Balance (WLB) and Work Life Conflict (WLC). Even when there is a support from the family, the individual undergoes conflict on not managing both sides effectively.WLB & WLC is a significant factor leading to overall performance of the ICT Women Professionals.They should possess strong work role salience since work helps define the career-cantered professional’s self- concept, which should further intensify the potential incompatibility between the work and life domains.

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Correlation of Technostress Creators with Employees’ Work-Life Balance in the Context of Journalists’ Use of Information and Communication Technology at Work: Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

International Journal of Media and Information Literacy ◽

10.13187/ijmil.2021.2.338 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Work Life ◽

Work Life Balance ◽

Life Balance ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Moderating Role

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Determinants of Attitude towards Information and Communication Technology Usage among Rural Administrators in using Structural Equation Modeling

American Journal of Applied Sciences ◽

10.3844/ajassp.2011.481.485 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 481-485 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeffrey L. D'Silva ◽

Bahaman A. Samah ◽

Hayrol A.M. Shaffril ◽

Musa A. Hassan ◽

Muhamad Badsar

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation Modeling ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Technology Usage ◽

Information And Communication

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The increased use of information and communication technology (ICT) among employees: Implications for work-life interaction

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences ◽

10.4102/sajems.v19i2.1328 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 282-201 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wihan De Wet ◽

Eileen Koekemoer

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Code Of Conduct ◽

Working Hours ◽

Work And Family ◽

Work Life ◽

Research Approach ◽

Internet Users ◽

Flexible Working Hours ◽

Information And Communication

Technology has become one of society’s everyday functional tools, changing rapidly and providing widespread mobility. In South Africa alone, the number of Internet users grew from 8,5 million to 24,9 million in only three years (2011-2014). Currently, 90 per cent of these users access this facility from their mobile devices. Statistics illustrate that South Africans are moving towards a continuously connected lifestyle, a situation in which information and communication technology (ICT) seems to have become ubiquitous. Given the rapid growth of ITC technology and its absorption into people’s lives (both personally and professionally), the general aim of the present research was to investigate the use of ICT among employees and how it affects their work-life interaction (WLI). The researcher employed a qualitative research approach in accordance with which a sample of 25 employees was interviewed. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and processed by means of thematic analyses. Three themes with corresponding sub-themes were extracted: use of ICT (i.e. in both work and family domains); challenges that ICT use presents; and the way in which employees manage their WLI by means of ICT. The participants experienced WLI as mostly negative. However, they also mentioned two different approaches that helped them manage interaction between their work and family domains. These approaches entail 1) applying limits to their use of ICT, and 2) using ICT to create flexibility. This article advises that organisations should consider adopting ICT to assist their employees in the management of these two domains. This could be done in two ways. First, organisations could implement a code of conduct or provide guidelines for eliminating the intrusive and excessive use of ICT, especially after working hours. Secondly, organisations could pilot or implement flexible working hours and possible telecommuting initiatives.

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Issues Occurrence of Career Success Among Female Engineers

Journal of Cognitive Sciences and Human Development ◽

10.33736/jcshd.359.2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 24-36

Author(s):

Amalia Madihie ◽

Rose Amira Siman

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Research Design ◽

Career Success ◽

Electronic Mail ◽

Work Life ◽

Work Life Balance ◽

Life Balance ◽

Construction Companies ◽

Phone Calls ◽

Slow Progression

This research aims to identify the issues among female engineers in the perspective of their career success. The issues that were identified are work-life balance, gender stereotyping and slow progression on the career success. The research design is a qualitative approach by in-depth interview. The research design which consisted of ten items aimed to explore female engineers’ satisfaction of working in the construction industry, unequal employment in the workplace, persistent problems in managing work-life balance, the role of gender in developing career success and also factors that positively and negatively affect the retention of female engineers in the construction industry. Five participants were recruited from various construction companies in Malaysia. Four of them were interviewed via phone calls and one via electronic mail. The findings from this research show that work-life balance issue is the main issue. Other issues include gender stereotype, nature of work and the competition among male and female engineers. From these findings, one recommendation is that the top management of an organization can provide full support to the employees so that they can be more productive in the workplace and are able to balance their work and non-work responsibilities.

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