Work Life Balance: An Empirical Study of Married Women Entrepreneurs in the City of Mangalore, Karnataka
Keywords:
Women Entrepreneurs, Social Support Network, Work-Life Balance, MarriageAbstract
Commitment to married life brings in lot of responsibilities. In the Indian Context, this statement is still true. Women entrepreneurs face lot of challenges in society which is still a male dominated one. A married women entrepreneur faces still more challenges due to her commitment to family and at work and this is explored in this paper. Present paper gives insight on the topic Work Life Balance (WBL). It identifies and explores the areas that affect the working of married women entrepreneurs. The factors which come as a hindrance towards WLB are analyzed and the role played by family, friends and employees is explained.
In general all over the world the new generation women have overcome many negative notions and have proved themselves beyond doubt in all spears of life including entrepreneurship. The women entrepreneurs of this study come from a humble background and are doing their best in this field. Thus in the study the researchers major focus was to develop and validate an appropriate tool to illustrate the WLB issues faced by married women entrepreneurs of Mangalore city. Hence the primary objective was to study if there exits any significance difference of opinion with regard to WLB issues of entrepreneurial women belonging to service and manufacturing sectors. The present research provides recommendations for women entrepreneurs and their counterparts to balance work and life.
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