Work Life Balance in Indian IT & BPO Industry

Pallvi Vadehra; S. C Chitkara

doi:10.26703/jct.v7i2.303

Authors

Pallvi Vadehra Visiting Faculty in IIPM, Hyderabad
Dr. S. C. Chitkara Director, New Era College of Science & Technology, Ghaziabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26703/jct.v7i2.303

Keywords:

Work Life Balance, Indita IT Industry, BPO Industry

Abstract

Work–Life Balance (WLB) is a broad concept including proper prioritizing between “works” on the one hand and “life” on the other. Related, though broader terms, include a “lifestyle balance” and “life balance”. The purpose of this paper is to study the styles that have been used for balancing work and family by the professionals working in Indian IT and BPO sectors and the kind of support they are getting from their organizations. Professionals may face many problems in balancing their work and life due to many demands of their careers and also fast paced life and stress in today’s competitive world.

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