Worklife Balance Among Indian Working Women

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STRESS AND WORKLIFE BALANCE AMONG INDIAN WORKING WOMEN WITH RESPECT TO I.T AND BANKING INDUSTRY.

 

I am Tasnim S. Vohra, doing MBA at S. K Patel Institute of Management studies. As a part of my curriculum, I am doing a project on Stress and Work Life Balance among Indian working women with respect to I.T and Banking industry. For the completion of my project, I would like to gather some information from you. I would be obliged if you co-operate me in filling the questionnaire. Since the questionnaire is being used for academic purpose, the information gathered will be strictly confidential.

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Information

 

A.      Name of company:    ________________________________________

 

B.      Age:    20 – 25 yrs [ ]             25-40 yrs [ ]                 40 – 60yrs [ ]

 

C.     Education:          _____________________

 

D.     Marital Status: I) Married ii) Unmarried iii) Widow IV) Divorcee

 

E.      If married, Do you have children? Yes / No

 

F.      If Yes, Number of children:    ______

 

G.     Family type: Joint / Nuclear

 

H.     Professional information

 

1.      Number of years of work experience:                                  _________yrs

2.      Number of years in present organization:                 _________yrs

I.    Level in Management:

Junior level     (  )

Middle level    (  )

Senior level     (  )

 

 

 

1.      Please read the following statements and give any one of the scores mentioned below:

1.  Strongly Agree 2. Agree 3. Neutral 4. Disagree 5. Strongly Disagree

 

Sr.No		Score
1.	I worry about the lay offs and dismissal in the company.
2.	I am able to meet out the demands of my job.
3.	Computers, pagers, cell phones and Internet have resulted in increasing pressure to constantly work at high performance levels.
4.	I feel comfortable to work with latest technologies in the organization.
5.	There is constant force on employees to learn new software all the times.
6.	I am able to receive support from my boss, colleagues and juniors.
7.	I am able to receive good support from my family members.
8.	I usually miss out quality time with my family and friends because of pressure of work.
9.	I suffer from stress related diseases like hypertension, obesity, diabetes, frequent headaches, etc
10.	I experience excessive work load.
11.	I work for long hours, on overtime and even on holidays.

 

 

 

2. From the following tick the factor that motivates you to work.

 

 

Personal satisfaction
Financial independence
Support from family
Constructive utilization of time
If Other  (please specify)

 

 

 

3. Which of the following discriminations do you have ever feel at your work because of being a woman?

 

Factors	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
No/Less promotion opportunities
Lack of Mentoring
Less access to important information
Lack of clear responsibilities and duties
Lack of career development opportunities

 

 

 

 

4. Working Hours

 

Ø      How the following factors hinder or affect you in balancing your work and family commitments? (Tick the appropriate)

 

 

Factors	Does not affect	Affect sometimes	Affect Many times	Always affects
Hours of work
Overtime
Need to work on Holidays
Work from home after office hours
Travelling away from home

 

 

 

 

Ø      Rank according to their importance, the following factors, which will help you, balance your work and family commitments.

      (Rank from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most important)

 

Factors                                                                                                                  Ranks

More flexible working hours                                                                (   )

Work from home                                                                                  (   )

Time off for family emergencies & events                                          (   )

Time off during school holidays (if you are a mother)                        (   )

Job sharing                                                                                           (   )

 

5. Support from others

 

Ø      How the following factors hinder or affect you in balancing your work and family commitments? (Tick the appropriate)

 

 

Factors	Does not affect	Affect sometimes	Affect Many times	Always affects
Negative attitude of supervisors
Negative attitude of colleagues
Negative attitude of spouse/family
Excessive household work

 

 

 

Ø      Rank the following factors that will help you balance your work and family commitments.

      (Rank from 1 to 5, with 1 being the most important)

 

 

 

 

Factors                                                 Ranks

Support from spouse                                                                              (   )

Support from family                                                                              (   )

Support from supervisor                                                                        (   )

Support from colleagues                                                                        (   )

Decrease in the load of household work                                                (   )

 

 

 

 

6. Does your organization currently provide any of the work-life policies or programs?

 

Ø      Yes   

Ø      No    

 

If yes which policies/programs? ______________________

 

 

 

 

 

7. Do you engage yourself in your own stress relieving and entertainment program?

 

Ø      Yes       

Ø      No        

 

               If yes specify from the following

 

1. Yoga                                                            
2. Physical exercise                                         
3. Meeting Friends and relatives                     
4. Watching Television                                   
5. Other                                                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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