Impact of Organizational and Family Support on Work Life Balance of Married Working Women in Selected Apparel Firm in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka

Abstract

Work-life balance (WLB) is one of the most difficult issues that many women face. Because many firms have a higher percentage of female employees, it is one of the major determinants of employee performance and productivity. Helping women in balancing their personal and professional lives is critical for achieving optimum contribution from female employees to corporate goals. The objective of this study is to identify the Impact of organizational support and family support to the work life balance of married working women in selected apparel firm in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. The total married working women in selected apparel firm in Gampaha district is 320 employees, out of that married female employees who have at least one child below 15 years old not known therefore the study used the random sampling techniques to collect the data and to select 120 married female employees who have at least one child below 15 years old. Reliability test have been done. Pearson correlation has been used to identify the relationship between the organizational support and family support to the work life balance of married working women. Findings of the study indicate that there is a positive relationship between organizational support and family support and work life balance of married working women at the significant level 0.01. At the end of the study, researcher come to a conclusion, according to the regression analysis there is a significant combined relationship between organizational support and family support to the work life balance of married working women.