Work - Life Balance by Women Faculty Members:The Conundrum Within

The hectic job demands have made it indispensable for working people to strike the right chord between work and life. In the present times, the pressure of work is insurmountable even in the educational sector. The women Faculty members find it extremely difficult to discharge the myriad dimensions of work and life effectively. This leaves no space to pursue self fulfilling interests and everyday is a scuffle juggling between multitude of work in the professional arena and home front. This paper makes an attempt to study the work-life balance of women Faculty members - whether it exists or otherwise. The study is made from the four life quadrants comprising work life balance: Work, Family, Friends and Self. The overall job satisfaction and work related stress level is also studied with reference to work-life balance. The study reveals that a significant category of the respondents find it difficult to balance work and life. The stress level at work is high which causes a chain effect (ill health, depression, fatigue) in personal life.