Health as a Factor of Work-Life Balance: Scale Restructure Based on the Contextual Perspective

The paper aims to study the factors of Work-Life Balance (WLB) in prevalent contextual changes. The research focuses on exploring and enhancing the work-life balance scale by Hayman to better fit the current social, technological, environmental and economic conditions prevailing in the society. The different factors are identified using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) method. Further the convergent and discriminant validity are proven with the help of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results of the study reveal that the WLB can be explained with the help of four factors namely: work interference with personal life, personal life interference with work, work-personal life enhancement and health. Health came out to be a significant factor that explains variance in WLB which has been overlooked prior to this work. This research work points to the importance of perpetual environment, technological and cultural changes in an individual's health and as a result of the individual's initiative towards balancing work-life ratio.