Author(s)

Mayesha Tasnim^*, Muhammed Zakir Hossain, Fabiha Enam

Department of Business Studies, State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

In today’s world, the concept “work-life balance” is considered to be one of the major issues that play a vital role in organizational success. However, work-life balance is seen differently in different society. This paper aims to find out the reasons, which create work-life imbalance. Since in perspective of Bangladesh, a female employee faces more difficulties to balance between work and life than a male employee, this study focuses on women working in different sectors. This study has been conducted based on primary research where a sample of 40 female employees from different organizations is selected. Questionnaire and interviews were taken to reveal the reasons that lead to the reason on an imbalance work-life. The study shows that the reasons for which female employees are facing trouble to maintain a work-life balance are mostly because of: long working hours, job rigidity, work overload, responsibilities related to child care, discrimination & biasness at work place , lack of supervisory support, dominant managerial style and scarce family support. The finding of the study focuses on formulating a structured guideline for the organizations so that the above mentioned reasons can be omitted and female employees can balance their professional and personal life and live in harmony.

Management, Human Resource Management, Working Women

Tasnim, M. , Hossain, M. and Enam, F. (2017) Work-Life Balance: Reality Check for the Working Women of Bangladesh. Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 5, 75-86. doi: 10.4236/jhrss.2017.51008.