A STUDY ON WORK LIFE BALANCE AMONG THE WOMEN COLLEGE TEACHERS WITH

SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SELF FINANCE COLLEGES IN THANJAVUR DISTRICT

QUESTIONNAIRE

I. SOCIO, ECONOMIC AND WORK RELATED FACTORS

1.Name (optional) : ------------------------------

2.Age : 1. Up to 25 { }
2. 25-40 { }
3. 40-55 { }
4. 55 & above { }

3. Marital status : 1. Married { }

2. Unmarried { }

4. Status of Community: : 1. FC { }
2. BC { }
3. MBC { }
4. SC { }
5. ST { }

5. Educational Qualification : 1. SLET/NET only { }

2. Ph.D., only { }
3. SLET/NET & Ph.D. { }
4. PG & PG with M.Phil., { }

6. Designation : 1. Lecturer { }
2. Assistant professor { }
3. Head of the Department { }
4. Other Administrative Position { }

7. Department : 1. Arts { }
2. Science { }

8. Salary income (per month) : 1. Up to Rs.10,000 { }

2. Rs.10,001-20,000 { }
3. Rs.20,001 – 30,000 { }
4. Above Rs.30, 000 { }

9. Nature of salary : 1. Contract basis salary { }

2. Hour basis salary { }
3. Consolidated salary { }

10. Experiences : 1. Up to 2 Years { }

2. 2 to 4 Years { }
3. 4 to 6 Years { }
4. Above 6 Years { }

11. Are you involved in Research works? : 1. Yes { }

2. No { }

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 12. No. of teaching hours allotted to you daily?
1. Up to 3 hours { }
2. 4 hours { }
3. 5 & above { }
II. ATTITUDES OF THE TEACHERS

1.Strongly disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neutral 4. Agree 5. Strongly Agree

S.No. Sub dimension Statement 1 2 3 4 5

13 Equal importance I give equal importance to both
i.e., family and job
14 Difficult process It is very difficult to maintain
proper work life balance
15 Need for Family’s’ Family should compromise with
compromise me to maintain work life balance
16 Role conflict I have always role conflict
between my family and job
17 Unhappiness for I feel unhappiness for not spending more
not spending time time with my family
with family
18 Easy Work Life Work life balance is easy
Balance when I am in government service
19 Easy Work Life Men can maintain work life balance easily
Balance to than the women.
men only
20 Affecting career Work life imbalance will affect career
advancement advancement
21 Affecting Work life imbalance will affect
family life family life
22 Isolation of job and I view my job and family as two isolated
family aspects.
23 Need for Policy for It is essential separate work life balance
WLB policy to the organization
24 Need for I need counseling to maintain work life
counseling balance properly.
25 Essentiality of Proper work life balance is
WLB for essential to achieve organizational goals.
organizational
policy
26 Willingness to In case of imbalance of work life,
resign job I will resign my job.
27 Lifelong process Work life balance is a lifelong process

III. PROBLEMS IN MAINTAINING WORK LIFE BALANCE

Rate the problem in your family and workplace that you cannot look after due to job
commitment?

1.Strongly disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neutral 4. Agree 5. Strongly Agree

S.No. Statement 1 2 3 4 5
Problems at Home
28 Children’s education
29 Health care of elders

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30 Family functions
31 My own health
32 Future planning for my family
33 Maintaining relationship with relatives/ friends
34 Spending time for my family members
35 Impossibility for developing my personal skills
36 Impossibility for relaxation
37 Change in my mental attitude
38 Unrest of my mind
Problem at workplace
39 No rest hours
40 Making alternative arrangement on my leave
41 Teaching
42 Taking leave
43 Distance of work place
44 Management’s goal (100 % result, 100% attendance etc)
45 Heavy syllabus
46 Reluctance of students
47 Doing clerical works (Maintaining Records)
48 Non-Teaching duties (Admission duties, discipline etc.,)
49 Accreditation works (NAAC, NIRF, AICTE etc.,)

IV. FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE WORK LIFE BALANCE

To what extent, the following aspects are applicable to you? Please indicate your extent of
agreement with the following.

1.Strongly disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neutral 4. Agree 5. Strongly Agree

S.No. Sub Division Statement 1 2 3 4 5

Work Environment
50 Working conditions Working conditions are always
very severe.
51 Organizational Organizational polices are
polices very strict to adhere
52 Relationship with I have amicable relationship with
superiors superiors
53 Relationship with I have amicable relationship with
subordinates subordinates
54 Relationship with I have amicable relationship with
students students
55 Work load Work load is always heavy
56 Grant of Permission/ It is very difficult to get leave/permission
leave
57 Availability of I can get assistance from colleagues
assistance from in case of emergency.
colleagues
58 Availability of I can get assistance from students
assistance from
students
59 Opportunity to It is possible to postpone some duties in
postpone some duties work place

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60 Full concentration I can pay full attention on my job in my
on job in work place work place without thinking of any family
problems
61 Employer’s help My employer will help to
my family in case of emergency
62 Talking about I talk my domestic problems with
domestic problems in my colleagues
my work place
63 Employer’s attention My employer is interested in
on well being of staff Well being of staff
64 Employer’s awareness My employer has already known about
to importance of work life balance of staff
work life balance
65 Chance to share I have close friendship in work place to
personal problems share my problems
66 Disclosure of In case of personal/family problem, I can
personal/family avail leave by disclosing it to my employer
problem for getting
leave
Job Commitment
67 Heavy preparation I have to make heavy preparation of
of lessons lessons
68 Need to update My job demands updating my knowledge
knowledge frequently
69 Delegation of I can delegate my job duties to my
job duties colleagues
70 Worry to complete Completing syllabus within
syllabus time makes me worried
71 Stress due to results Securing 100% results in my subject
makes stress on me
72 Tension due to Evaluating answer scripts/ note books of
evaluation work students makes
tension.
73 Difficult to handle It is difficult to handle the students in
students in class class rooms.
rooms
Adaptability
74 Tolerance of I usually tolerate management’s
management’s strictness
strictness
75 Willingness to work I am willing to work
as per demands of as per demands of management / job
management / job
76 Acceptance of I am willing to accept additional
additional workload workload in emergency
in emergency
77 Acceptance of I am willing to accept
non-teaching duties non-teaching duties
78 Yoga/ meditation I adapt yoga/ meditation
practice to reduce job/family
stress
Support of family
79 Cooperation from My family members
family members encourage me to go to job

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 80 Freedom for My family permits me to go for further
career development higher studies / research
81 Doing college duties My family permits me to do my college
in house duties at home.
82 Help from Family My family members sometimes
Members do my official duties at home.
83 Negligence of family I usually neglect my family commitment
commitment at times.
84 Feeling of prestige My family members recognize
my job as prestigious one.
85 Possibility for relax I an relax myself in my family
in family from the fatigue arising from job
86 Keeping salary I can keep my salary without
myself giving to my family
87 Maintenance of I can maintain my personal care (medical
personal care care, beauty care etc.)
In my family.
88 Possibility to stay in My family permits me to stay in college in
college/ to industrial case of emergency/
visit go to industrial visit
for a few days
89 Family’s willing to My family members are willing
resign the job that I may quit from the job
in case strictness/ mental torture
in work place
90 Sacrifice of family My family members make
members sacrifice for my occupation
Health and Planning
91 Personal health My health condition is suitable to
care do my academic and family works
92 Regular medical I usually undergo regular medical
check up check up
93 Continuous Class My health permits me to handle
Handling classes continuously for two or
three hours
94 Health affected If I continue this job in long run, my
in long run health will be affected much
95 Preparation of Time I usually prepare a time schedule
schedule to adjust my family work with my job.
96 Change of plan I change my plan in emergency
to manage work life balance
97 Need for assistance I need assistance and cooperating from
others to implement my plan

V. EXPECTATION OF THE TEACHERS

What do you expect from your work place to maintain proper work life balance?

1.Strongly disagree 2. Disagree 3. Neutral 4. Agree 5. Strongly Agree

S.No. Statement 1 2 3 4 5
At Home
98 Sharing family responsibilities very severe.

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99 Assisting in job responsibilities
100 Need of more home appliances
101 Understanding my problems
At work place
102 Liberal sanctioning of leave
103 Sufficient no. of staff
104 Leisure time
105 Annual Leave with salary
106 Transport facility

VI. LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF THE WOMEN TEACHERS ON THE PREVAILING WORK

ENVIRONMENT IN THE COLLEGES
1.Highly dissatisfied 2. Dissatisfied 3. Neither satisfied not dissatisfied 4. Satisfied
5. Highly satisfied

S.No. Statement 1 2 3 4 5
At Work Place
107 Work load
108 Relationship with superiors
109 Relationship with peers
110 Relationship with students
111 salary
112 Casual Leave
113 Fringe benefits
114 Educational policy of the management
At home
115 Sharing the family responsibilities
116 Support of family
117 Financial Support for higher education
118 Relationship with family members
119 Flexibility of the family persons for doing family commitments
120 Financial independency
121 Understanding the feelings
122 Recognition from the family

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