TITLE:
Work-Life Balance: Reality Check for the Working Women of Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Mayesha Tasnim, Muhammed Zakir Hossain, Fabiha Enam
KEYWORDS:
Management, Human Resource Management, Working Women
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.5 No.1,
March
21,
2017
ABSTRACT: In today’s world, the concept “work-life balance” is
considered to be one of the major issues that play a vital role in
organizational success. However, work-life balance is seen differently in
different society. This paper aims to find out the reasons, which create
work-life imbalance. Since in perspective of Bangladesh, a female employee
faces more difficulties to balance between work and life than a male employee,
this study focuses on women working in different sectors. This study has been
conducted based on primary research where a sample of 40 female employees from
different organizations is selected. Questionnaire and interviews were taken to
reveal the reasons that lead to the reason on an imbalance work-life. The study
shows that the reasons for which female employees are facing trouble to
maintain a work-life balance are mostly because of: long working hours, job
rigidity, work overload, responsibilities related to child care, discrimination
& biasness at work place , lack of supervisory support, dominant managerial
style and scarce family support. The finding of the study focuses on
formulating a structured guideline for the organizations so that the above
mentioned reasons can be omitted and female employees can balance their
professional and personal life and live in harmony.