WORK-LIFE BALANCE (WLB) OF TEACHERS IN PANDEMIC
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i6.2024.2984Keywords:
Work-Life Balance (WLB), Lock-down, COVID 19Abstract [English]
Work-life balance has been a global issue for decades. During this pandemic covid-19 lock-down which compelled everyone to work from home (WFH) it became a challenge for all professionals to make a balance between work and life. In this paper researcher focused on WLB of teacher fraternity in lock-down in order to find out the impact of lock-down on teacher’s personal life as well as professional life. The researcher also tends to study the advantages and disadvantages of WFH and changing habits of people in lock-down. The researcher has used the Cronbach Alfa method for reliability testing while frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation methods for descriptive analysis. Hypotheses are tested by using one sample t-test. It is found that most of the teachers experience a positive impact on their mental well-being, physical well-being & personal life also in WFH during lock-down. But in the case of professional life and changing habits, it is negatively impacting most samples. Lock-down reduced various expenses significantly in case of individual budgets.
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