Effects of Work Life Balance on Job Satisfaction

Everyone of us is engaged in multiple roles at home, work and other aspects of social life. Most paid employees face difficulty to maintain a balance between work and non-work aspects of life. Work-life imbalance has a negative consequence which includes life dissatisfaction, absenteeism, intention to quit, high turn over, and other. Poor work-life balance (WLB) is associated with increased job dissatisfaction and intention to quit one's job. In this work the author explores the effects of WLB on employees' job satisfaction in a manufacturing setting where shift work is more common and recommends a solution to overcome the adverse effects of work life imbalance. The book is intended to benefit HR Mangers, Employers as well as paid employees.