WORK-LIFE BALANCE AS A PARAMETER OF JOB SATISFACTION IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR

The greater challenges of work and personal aspects of life have intensified the work life balance scenario. Employee engagement and retention has emerged as an important as well as critical tool in today's business. So in order to maintain a equilibrium between personal and professional life, organizations should formulate policies that manage better; any work related stress, tensions or conflict arising at the workplace. The study is based on Literature Review and Secondary data collected from selected papers analyzed and a conceptual framework has been established depicting the reason behind work-life imbalance. This study investigates the factors responsible for work life balance and what are the challenges involved in the manufacturing sector. It was suggested that the employers must consider work life balance programs on the basis of policies they formulate, benefits they provide and services they render. Additionally policies and strategies must be constituted such that it can modify an employee's perception about his employer and they tend to stay in the organization for a longer period of time. It provides a scope for future direction to various researchers, policy makers and also academicians in this field