Work-Life Balance and Perceived Stress among Married and Unmarried Female IT Employees

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19484371

V. Rajalakshmi and U.L. Bhuvaneswari (Department of Psychology, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu)

In the emerging career advancement and competition era of information technology, maintaining work-life balance is challenging for female IT employees because they need to balance both work and home environments simultaneously. So, due to the multiple roles and responsibilities with the limited resources, they experience a high level of stress. The present study investigated the relationship and differences between work-life balance and perceived stress among married and unmarried female IT employees. For this purpose, a sample of 100 female IT employees (50 married & 50 unmarried) has been selected as participants. They were administered using the Work-Life Balance Scale (Hayman, 2011) and the Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen et al., 1983). The collected data were analyzed using Karl Pearson correlation and independent sample t-test, and the findings suggested that work-life balance is negatively associated with perceived stress, and married female employees struggle to balance both work and family together, and they exhibit a greater percentage of perceived stress.