Journal of  Ravishankar University, Part-A,Vol-22, pp.11-23, 2016   ISSN  0970 5910

Employee Well-Being, Life Satisfaction and The Need For Work-Life Balance

Shilpy Kashyap, Sanskrity Joseph, and G. K. Deshmukh

Shilpy Kashyap ,  Institute of Management, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.

Sanskrity Joseph,  Institute of Management, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.

G. K. Deshmukh,  Institute of Management, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur.

[Received: 20 January 2016; Accepted: 20 April 2016]

Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively study the developing concept of employee well being, their satisfaction and the balance between work and life of employee.. The paper reviews the concept of work life balance in both Indian and global context and analyses the practices of Indian Corporate related to work life balance. The researchers have tried to understand and explain the concept of employee wellbeing and its relationship with their job satisfaction and work life balance which enables the corporate to derive benefits related with higher retention and productivity ratios. Authors have done descriptive research while analyzing the data gathered through secondary sources and discussed their viewpoints. The key findings highlight that employees are an asset to an organization and the organizations which help their employees to achieve greater work life balance have more satisfied employees. This is a fairly original paper which discusses concept and practices related with work life balance.

Keywords: Employee Satisfaction, Work Life Balance, Employee Well Being, Flexi Timings, Compressed Work Hours and Tele Computing.

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