AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON DETERMINANTS OF WORK LIFE BALANCE IN IT SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

Abstract

Work-Life Balance is the need of the hour in the current economic, cultural and societal scenario across the world. The demand on employees to achieve organizational goals, along with integrating their personal goals are some of the challenges encountered by HR managers. Significant number of determinants promote Work-Life Balance among men and women throughout the wide expanse of organizations which are bound by diverse policies, practices and procedures. Therefore, the current study, “Drivers of Work-Life Balance in IT Sector” has been undertaken to investigate the major determinants of Work-Life Balance. To realize the stated objectives the researchers have identified seven major determinants of Work-life balance in IT sector such as Supervisor support, Work Autonomy, Organisation Culture, Work Expectation, Work Satisfaction, Family Support and SelfManagement. The data has been collected from a structured questionnaire from 164 respondents. The validity of the questionnaire was adjudged using Cronbach's coefficient (α) and was calculated to test the reliability and internal consistency of the responses. A significant relationship was found with Age, Gender, Marital status, number of children, dependents at home with Work Life balance. Further results revealed that Supervisor support (F1), Work autonomy (F2), Organizational culture (F3), family support (F6) and Self-management (F7) were the major determinants of work-lifebalance. When we ranked the identified dimensions, Self-Management (F7) stood very prominent, followed by Organisation Culture (F3). Finally, the results have been compared with possible evidence.