Niswar HR MBA 29

 Work Life Balance

Achieving a good work-life balance is becoming more and more important to both employers and workers, both at work and at home. In today's fast-paced world, human resource professionals are always looking for ways to improve their companies' bottom lines, boost employee morale, keep workers who know a lot about the company, and keep up with the latest trends in the workplace.

Work-life balance means that a person can handle their work and family obligations as well as other activities and duties outside of work. Work-life balance includes more than just the roles of work and family. It also includes jobs in other parts of life. Different researchers have used different words to describe work-life balance. Some meanings will be given so that we can see things from different angles. Greenhaus (2002) said that work-life balance means being happy and able to do well at work and at home with little role tension.

Felstead et al. (2002) say that work-life balance is the link between the formal and cultural times and places of work and non-work in societies where labor markets are the main way that income is made and distributed. Aycan et al. (2007) put forward the idea of "life balance" with a broader view, but they only talked about work and family. 

Life balance, according to scholars, means meeting the needs of all three main areas of life: work, family, and personal time. Work requires certain amounts of work hours, types of work, and percentages of working hours spent on work. More work hours mean less time at home, and high work stress or pressure can make people tired, anxious, or have other negative physical effects that lower the quality of life at home and with their families (White et al., 2003). It is also made clear that work-life balance is a personal thing that differs for each person.

In this way, work-life balance means carefully dividing up the resources you have, like time, thought, and work, among the different parts of your life. Some people believe in "working to live" and see work as the goal, while others believe in "living to work" and put work at the center of their lives.

Conclusion

With a satisfactory work-life balance, employers can reap a range of benefits. Productivity is higher, absenteeism is lower, and physical and mental health improves with a higher commitment and motivation to work. Personal relationships can also benefit from achieving this balance

References

Aycan Z., Kanungo R. N., Sinha J.B.P., (1999) “Organizational Culture and Human Resource Practices-The Model of Culture Fit”, Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 30(4), pp. 501-526, 

Felstead, A., Jewson, N., Phizacklea, A. and Walters, S. (2002) Opportunities to work at home in the context of work–life balance. Human Resource Management Journal, 12,1, 54–76.

Greenhaus, J. H., & Beutell, N. J. (1985). Sources of conflict between work and family roles. Academy of Management Review, 10, 76–88