Understanding The Work Life Balance Of Faculties Of Engineering Colleges Of Allahabad

Abstract

Emergence of the phrase Work Life Balance came up in 1986 when amid many newlineAmericans there newlinewas prevalence of detrimental newlinework place practices like neglecting newlinefamilies, leisure activities and friends in order to achieve their work place goals. newlineThe Work Foundation has defined WLB as newline Work-life balance is about people having a measure of control over when, where and how newlinethey work. It is achieved when an individual s right to a fulfilled life inside and outside paid newlinework is accepted and respected as the norm, to the mutual benefit of the individual, business newlineand society. newlineA lot of research has been done over the past years for understanding the relationship newlinebetween work and personal life. newlineOptimum balance in life is obtained when balance newlinebetween the factors like profession, health, family, emotional, spiritual and physical is newlineobtained. newlineBalance newlineA neglect of newlineone factor jeopardises other. Achieving optimum Work Life newlineis an ongoing process. With huge variability in professionals and professions newlineboth it is likely that no single rule or theory newlineaspects, newlinerequirements newlinedemands newlinesimilarly newlineis common. Every profession has newlineevery newlinehuman newlinehas newlinedifferent newlinedifferent responsibilities, newlineabilities and aspirations. It therefore becomes crucial to analyze all professions and newlineindividuals from a focused multiway approach. And the results couldn t be generalized newlinegiven that the nature of research is different for different Individuals and professions. newlineWork-Life Balance is found to positively related with Career Satisfaction, personal life newlinesatisfaction, Job-satisfaction, income/earnings satisfaction. newline