Abstract:
Work-family balance of managers is critical for organizational success as their
inability to have the balance can lead to significant bad consequences. An
empirical study was carried out to achieve three objectives: (1) to investigate
whether the managerial level employees consider the balance between work
life and family life as important; (2) to investigate the reasons for their
perceptions; and (3) to investigate as to how the managers who work in the
organization under the study maintain work-family balance. The qualitative
method was adopted and one particular private company was selected for the
study purpose. 15 managers who are married and having a family life were
considered for the purpose of collecting data to achieve the research
objectives. The interview technique was used along with a carefully prepared
interview checklist in order to collect data. The findings reveal that to have
work-family balance is very important because the life has a family aspect other
than the work aspect; therefore there is a need of avoiding work-family
conflicts. There are many ways of maintaining the balance between work-life
and family life followed by the managers and they have been specifically
mentioned in the study.
