CHALLENGES TO MAINTAIN WORK LIFE BALANCE OF TEACHING FACULTIES - A CASE STUDY

Abstract

Work- life balance is very important to happy professional and personal life. And also, it is one of the important aspects of healthy work environment. Healthy work life balance is a daily challenge. In addition to the demands of the work place, it is very tough to make time for family, friends, community participation, personal growth, self- care, spirituality, personal activities etc. A good work- life balance which enables employees to feel more control their lives, benefited to organization and employees can contribute for the betterment of the society also. The purpose of this paper is an attempt to know the challenges faced by teaching faculties of Shree Devi Group of Colleges in Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada for maintaining work- life balance. People who are in teaching profession also have to do more adjustment in their work and personal life. Sometimes imbalance in work life results increased stress level. So, the present study tries to understand the various means adopted by the teaching faculties cope with the maintaining balance between professional and personal life. The study is descriptive one. A structured questionnaire is formed to collect data from 100 respondents. The collected data was analyzed and thereby conclusion was drawn.