Abstract:

The study was on IT professionals of some software companies of India. The study sought to determine the effects of work-related stress on employees' personal and professional lives, to learn about existing work-life balance programmes and practises, and to identify the elements that contribute to work-life balance maintenance. Various statistical tools were used to meet the above mentioned objectives.In today’s’ hyper competitive world we have plunged ourselves in to a very vicious cycle of work. The pressure is so overwhelming and so we assume that we want to do everything that the other is doing and more with greater perfection. A study on work-life balance in the IT sector seems to be needed in this recent time, taking into consideration the high work and time which demands upon employees, thus creating a necessary environment to balance work and personal interests. A study on work-life balance of employees was conducted in IT organizations in Coimbatore and the objective of the study is to find out the causes of disproportionate work-life balance, the benefits for the individual and the organizations in enabling a proper balance between work and life. This study also recommends few suggestions The Aim of this study is to analyse the causes of imbalance between work and life and suggest suitable measures to leverage the basic human worth leading to a state of genuine happiness.

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