Multiple Encounters and Work-life balance of Indian Working Women

By : Meera Shankar

Page No: 257-267

Abstract:
In spite of several efforts started by the Government of India, often women are victimized at home and work place. Purpose of the present study was to find out multiple issues that women have to encounter in form of various challenges and barriers, which create hurdle in work-life balance of Indian women. All together 502 women, working in different sectors, have participated in this study. Instruments were designed to measure the challenges of working women at work place. Data analysed using descriptive statistics, factor analysis, Pearson’s correlation, and SEM. Result of factor analysis revealed three major factors, related to issues and challenges encountered by working women in India. They were: glass ceiling, dual responsibilities, and gender discrimination. Frequency distribution has discovered that working women developed health related issues due to dual responsibilities.

Author :
Swati Bapat
Counsellor – D/8, Spring Flowers Society, Panchwati, Pashan Road, Pune 411008. Vaishali Mardhekar (Ph.D), Research Consultant – 880, 8th lane, Bhandarkar road, Pune 411004.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2021.16.02.5