Organisational Role Stress among Women in the Private Sector

Employees, who are married, are part of a family with members having at least two different careers and influence of at least two different organisations. In the context of married women employees it is increasingly difficult for them to find time to fulfil their commitment towards home, spouse, children, parents and friends. They are increasingly recognizing that work is infringing on their personal lives, and they are not happy about it. Recent studies suggest that employees want jobs that give them flexibility in their work schedules or work culture which facilitates better management of work-life conflicts. Organisations now often find women employee a part of their best performing teams, if they cannot be helped to achieve work-life balance, it will become increasingly difficult for management to attract and retain this human resource, which otherwise are capable and motivated. The present study intends to identify the major causes and remedies of work-life conflict which a working married woman face in the current scenario. It also intends to evaluate the importance of family-friendly work arrangements towards a joyful organisation. This paper attempts to investigate the intensity of organisational role stress which a married woman perceives as compared to an unmarried one. It further attempts to study the differences in the level of stress between married and unmarried women on several role stressors.