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Contemporary Issues in Work Life Balance of Employees


Modern day employees prefer more free and flexible working hours which is derived from them trying to be independent as well as motive to seek to balance work life with personal life. According to De Bruin and Dupus (2004), managing of an employee’s work life balance is an issue that has spanned over 20 years and studies have found measurable changes that directly impact on it. In the present jobs have become more complex and employees are subjected to untold pressure to meet both demand and quality standards.

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Another study according to D.B. Dhas and P. Karthikeyan (2015) states that the three factors of global competition, personal lives/family values and an aging workforce present challenges that exacerbate work/life balance. The study further went on to elaborate that work/life balance initiatives are not only a US phenomenon but global employees also want flexibility and control over their work and personal lives. According to it, in the recent years personal and family lives have become critical values to most Indian workforce and they are less willing to put on hold or ignore them for the sake of work. This trend has now been merged to the Western American culture as well, where people have change course from being willing to spend every working hour to learning to manage complexities of modern living.
In Pasrasuraman and Greenhaus (2002) study, it was documented that segments of the workforce may be subjected to unique work or family pressure, and have few support from the employer in balancing them. Therefore, presenting a major gap in the employer understanding of these individual’s needs and wants. Therefore modern day business need to focus more on work life balancing of employees, and create an organizational culture and job descriptions (Parasuraman & Greenhaus, 2002) that better fit the needs of employees.

References

  • Bruin, A. & Dupus, A., 2004. Work-Life Balance?: Insights from Non-Standard Work. [Online] Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/285740874_Work-life_Balance_Insights_from_Non-Standard_Work[Accessed 5 July 2018].
  • Dhas, D. & Karthikeyan P., 2015. Work-Life Balance Challenges and Solutions: Overview. [Online] Available at: http://www.ijrhss.org/pdf/v2-i12/2.pdf [Accessed 5 July 2018].
  • Parasuraman, S. & Greenhaus, J., 2002. Toward reducing some critical gaps in work-family research. Human Resource Management Review, 12(3), pp. 299-312.

Comments

  1. Unknown5 July 2018 at 00:47

    good article. concentrate on word count

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    Well structured and nicly organized content..Good luck

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  3. Sachithra5 July 2018 at 08:33

    Well written article.

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    Good flow of facts , please check the font n no of words

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  5. Anonymous6 July 2018 at 12:46

    nicely structured essay, well done

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  6. Unknown7 July 2018 at 18:00

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