WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND IMBALANCE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL

Abstract

Work life balance has become a vital issue for employees working in all sectors, especially for women employee because of dual responsibility of their work and home, it is very difficult to maintain a proper balance between work and life and consequently they face work-life conflict. This paper focuses on various variables related to work-life conflict. A conceptual model has been drawn on the basis of extensive literature identifying the work demand and family demand and also enlighten the various problem arises as a result of work life imbalances. The paper has been concluded with remarkable inference drawn from conceptual model and vast review of literature. It has been found that work demand is related to work-family conflict(WFC) and family demand is related to family-work conflict(FWC) , all these conflicts eventually lead to work life imbalance and have a negative impact on the performance of women employee at organization and at home.