Work - Family Conflict among Women Employees in Bangalore City
Dr.C.Somashekher
Citation :C.Somashekher, Work - Family Conflict among Women Employees in Bangalore City International Journal of Research in Sociology and Anthropology 2018, 4(1) : 1-7
This article focuses on work-family conflict related impact on women employees engaged in organized sectors of Bangalore city, Karnataka. It could be viewed as a treatise in sociology of women and work, dealing with interactions and interfacing between work, women and social structure. Since Independence, significant changes have been noticed in the labour market and employment status of women in India. Work-family conflict is an inter-role conflict situation, in a given society, which arises due to conflicting roles expected of women at work organizations and family. The objectives of the investigation are to ascertain the nature and extent of work-family conflict and to analyse its impact on social and psychological well-being of women at work. The data were collected from 280 women employees using interview schedule. The findings seem to suggest that a majority of Indian women employees experience a relatively a high degree of work-family conflict and as a result, seem to be performing under stress at work which would have its adverse effect on family life. Further, stress generating and relaxing factors have also been analysed. The introduction of pleasant and flexible work atmosphere as well as stress management programmes are strongly suggested.