Work life balance and challenges of women employees during lockdown in work from home
Keywords:
work from home, working pattern, job spill over, situational sacrifices, productivityAbstract
The socio-economic impact of COVID-19 has affected the businesses and individual in varied degrees. This study has focused on the impact of pandemic on working life of women employees. To maintain balance between one’s personal and professional life assumes greater importance for working women. Due to complete lockdown, the concept of Work from home has added more responsibility to working women managing two different environments which have distinct demands and time schedules. A structured questionnaire was prepared and circulated among women working in various fields based on age, educational qualification, employment status and no.of children. This study attempts to identify the shift in the working pattern due to work from home. Based on the review it is found that most women experience job spill over and forced to make situational sacrifices in each of the environments. It also throws light on the challenges faced by women employees working from home, stress levels and its impact on their productivity at job.
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