Developing Software to amend Work Life Balance among IT Professionals
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2012
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Work life imbalance occurs when the cumulative demand of many work and non work life roles
betomes incompatible. The information Technology (IT) world tends to compromise on this most
important aspect in the pursuit of higher pay check. Hence this study v>/as carried out with the
objective of assessing the efficacy of the software developed in amending the work life balance
among the. respondents. Hundred IT professionals from Databazaar.com, Kolkata. called as the
primary sample were assessed for their level of work life balance (WLB) and the professionals
suffering from work life imbalance, called the secondary sample were culied out to undergo the
enhancement programme. The tools used were the self structured questionnaire to assess WLB, and
software designed to provide tips on amending work life balance. The key findings were
A total of 68% of the sample suffered from poor and fair level of work life balance
The grand total score of the secondary sample (68) after enhancement was 8492 against the^
expected score of 9316, which designates that the soft\^are developed has very well served its”
purpose and
Thirty two per cent and 56% of the secondary sample could accomplish good and fair level of work
life balance respectively after the enhancement programme.
Laconically, these findings revealed that the software developed to amend work life balance could
improve the life quality Of the selected sample by enhancing their resources and productivity.