Volume : 5, Issue : 6, June - 2016

DEVELOPMENT OF LEADERSHIP MODEL WHICH CAN INFLUENCE WORK LIFE BALANCE

Santosh R S, Dr Richa Jain

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Tomorrow is hitting us faster than we can even find the time to gasp a eath. Businesses are battling the global economic meltdown, government policy changes, tax laws, environmental challenges with significance implication on the bottom-line. At the same time, employees are getting more and more demanding in terms of their aspirations from employers, the value they ing onto the table and more importantly the recognition of this value by their employers. Today, all business leaders are walking the tight rope between retaining the right workforce and achieving business results while every new day ings in a barrage of concepts like dynamic organization, multigenerational workforce, diversity etc. On the other side, Global market is becoming highly competitive and companies are outsourcing to reduce their labour costs. A few decades earlier, it was widely expected that new technology would ing respite and leisure to the workforce. But instead of inging relief and leisure the developed technology has left the workers, especially professionals, with little time free from paid work. In fact, the technology has blurred the line separating office from home and now employees are expected to be available for office work, even while at home. The global environment has thrown up new challenges where workforce becomes more taxing and burdensome. Moreover these work pressures are also having a direct impact on the health of employees. Again, due to rapidly changing business environment, the organization are not able to provide secure employment and that is why the attitudes and values of people in work are also changing and they are less willing to display unconditional commitment to the organization and as noted by Guest, 2002, the decline of work as central life interest along with conflicting demands of work results in imbalance between work and rest of life. The attitude towards life too is rapidly changing among the youth today. When they do not get time for their leisure life, they are gripped by frustration and unhappiness. This research aims to define LEADERSHIP styles for organizations which will promote work life balance for self and their team members&lt;/p&gt;</p>