Work Life Balance (WLB) And Work Life Conflic...

Work Life Balance (WLB) And Work Life Conflict (WLC) In New Normal Learn, Unlearn & Relearn

Author Name : Mrs. Madhulika V Bhat

ABSTRACT

Job satisfaction is a vital factor regarding turnover rates, especially among women. Work life balance today, especially in times of COVID where home and work place have transgressed boundaries is an imperative precursor for the well-being of an individual. A   satisfying job well-integrated into life, balances the overall mental and emotional quotient of working women particularly in the current pandemic in which the workplace is posing a new and unlike set of challenges and problems for women. Research suggests that work place problems faced by the Indian women are mostly long working hours, less recognition of work, lack of motivation and stress related issues, but the new normal of working remotely from home now is altogether an unexpected work scenario. With respect to emerging nations, problems of work life balance among women in the education sector are not well researched. Increased women employment has led to a great attention from academia and industry on WLB. With greater access to better educational opportunities, increasing number of women are entering the workforce, and shifting from being home-makers to the organized work force, thereby necessitating an urgent need to examine this phenomenon. The recent pandemic brought into focus on challenges of working from home on a level of personal experience. Carrying on with online classes remotely has become the order of the day, and it is becoming stressful when both school and personal life operate from the same space. The main idea here is to understand challenges during COVID which are being faced by school teachers in Udupi delivering content to students from home and their surviving strategies when COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown in the Indian setting.

Keywords  : covid 19,education, pandemic, teachers, women, work life balance