Abstract:
As society goes ahead in India, there is an increasing expectation that women can not only play their roles by nurturing and raising families to ensure confident and competent future generations for the betterment of society but can also generate income by joining as paid workforce in the working place. Growing cost of living and change of mindset are the key reasons for which increasing number of educated women are now working outside their house. Even in recent time, the tendency is enhancing gradually. As a result, the traditional family is being replaced by the dual career family. Thus, socio-demographic changes are occurring similar to those in developing and developed societies. This dual responsibility is putting mounting pressure on women to achieve and maintain work life balance. In this article, a survey is conducted on various education institutions of Madurai taking sample of 250 teachers to know the real status of work-life balance institutions. The study finds that the work-life balance situation is moderate which can be improved by ensuring flexible working hours (roistered days off and family friendly starting and finishing times), transport facility, residential facility, child care center, flexible work arrangements/ job sharing , reduced working hours & workload and child schooling for the female teachers.
Author Name: M. Mano Samuel & Dr. S.Mahalingam
Keywords: Work-Life Balance, Private Schools, Work Load, Madurai School Teachers.
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