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Association Level Of Quality Of Work-Life And Work-Life Balance in The Transport Sector
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AUTHOR(S)
A. Alex, V. Sundar
KEYWORDS
job satisfaction, working conditions, Human Resources, Wages, Quality of life.
JEL Classification: J28, J81, O15, JE24, J31
ABSTRACT
Work-life balance is balance of individual’s life between personal and professional activities to regulate the level of prioritisation. Quality of work-life refers to the quality of relationship between the employees and total working environment.The present study aims to evaluate the association level of quality of work-life and work-life balance with respect to nature of work environment at the Puducherry Road Transport Corporation (PRTC), Puducherry, India. The researcher experienced the research work from Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam by collecting the primary source from the 445 respondents at Puducherry Road Transport Corporation, Puducherry. The data has been evaluated by using statistical tools such as Chi – square and Clutter analysis. The study found that 9.21% of the employees strongly agreed for good work environment, 22.02% of them disagreed for good work environment and 68.77% of them moderately agreed for work environment. The research work examined that there is no association between work environment and region of employees in PRTC (chi square = 9.889, p=.129) and association between work environment and nature of employment in PRTC (chi square = 9.694, p=.138). This research work helps the management to regulate the working environment of employees and motivate them to work effectively and efficiently through maintaining the cordial relationship among the quality of work-life and work-life balance. It also helps to increase the quality of performance laid down by the human resources by providing the peaceful and smooth circumstances at all levels of employees.
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