A STUDY ON WORK –LIFE BALANCE AND JOB SATISFACTION AMONG FEMALE EMPLOYEES AT FOCUS AUTOMOBILES
Abstract
The project report is on the title “The study on work –life balance and job satisfaction among female employees at focus automobiles.” The study started on 12 th June 2015. The duration of the study was 30 days. The study is conducted to check whether the employees are satisfied or not. Job satisfaction refers to a person’s feeling of satisfaction on the job, which act as a motivation to work. Satisfaction simply defined as the effective orientation that an employee has towards his or her work. The term relates to the total relationship between an individual and the employer for which he is paid. Satisfaction does not mean simple feeling accompanying the attainment by an impulse of its objective. Research workers differently described the factors contributing to job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction. Work –life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between “work” (career and ambition) and “lifestyle” (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation). This is related to the idea of “lifestyle choice”. Work-life balance has been addressed by some employees and has been seen as a benefit to them. Research shows that those employees who were more favourable towards their organizations efforts to support work life balance also indicated a much lower intent to leave the organizations, a willingness to recommend it as a place to work and higher overall job satisfaction. The main objective of the study is to check the work – life balance and job satisfaction level of employees. The research instrument used to conduct the study is personal interview and questionnaire. The primary data was collected through the questionnaire whereas the secondary data was collected through the company profile, books, websites etc..
Keywords
LIFE BALANCE, JOB SATISFACTION, FEMALE EMPLOYEES, AUTOMOBILES