Abstract
In Pakistan, where the competition is intense in almost all industries, professionals spend
more time at work than official duty hours in order to survive the rapidly changing environment.
This has resulted in numerous compromises on other important fronts like cutting off from
family and friends. It is assumed that work/life imbalance prevails more in developing nations
with immense work pressures. To keep up pace with the growing demands of organizations
and increasing responsibilities, one often neglects any or all strands of socializing. This gives
rise to an imbalance which erupts as work/life conflicts for an individual and affects one’s
satisfaction in work and other activities. The purpose of this research is to determine the
impact of work/life balance on employees of a commercial bank (in different branches) in
Pakistan where men and women focus more on professional life and compromise on other
dimensions of life which are: personal, family, and social. The survey included professionals
working in public, private and foreign commercial bank branches. Five-point Likert scale
was used to measure the three underlying constructs: ‘work/life balance’, ‘organizational
support’ and ‘support from others’. Data was analyzed using basic and descriptive statistics,
factor analysis, correlation and t-test. The results indicate that majority of professionals are
not satisfied with the balance between their work and life since greater number of hours are
spent at work than the official duty timings. Moreover, females reported to have greater
‘work/life balance’, ‘organizational support’ and ‘support from others’ as compared to males.
Males showed a higher tendency of developing stress-related diseases which were a consequence
of increasing workplace demands and responsibilities.
Danish Sultan, Dr. M. Nadeem Hanif. (2013) Work/Life Balance: A Cadre/Gender-Wise Assessment of Commercial Bank Employees, Journal of Independent Studies and Research-Management, Social Sciences and Economics, Volume-11, Issue-1.
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