A nextgen workplace – ‘Balance of life’ 

In current times, despite a friendlier and flexible workplace, many professionals are struggling emotionally, physically and mentally in new ways that they are unsure how to address. Organizations are looking for ways to reinvent their HR strategies.

One such new approach proposed through this study is ‘Balance of Life’ at workplace, which would seek holistic human development. There are many aspects of life to lead a ‘Balance of Life’. Essentially, they fall in 4 Quadrants – Career, Relationships, Social, and Spiritual. Human beings have the desire and the need to grow in all of these quadrants. If any of the quadrants remain underdeveloped, it leads to a sense of incompleteness.

My research paper A study of Nextgen ‘Balance of Life’ Workplace in Indian Organizations is published by International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications. Research paper can be downloaded http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1021.php?rp=P11811719

In this study, a new approach of ‘Balance of Life’ at workplace is proposed for having a balanced and integrated relationship between various aspects of the lives of working professionals. This perspective is to challenge the current paradigm that focuses on finding the balance between only family and work commitments.

Abstract:

In current times, despite a friendlier and flexible workplace, many professionals are struggling emotionally, physically and mentally in new ways that they are unsure how to address. Organizations are looking for ways to reinvent their HR strategies.

One such new approach proposed through this study is ‘Balance of Life’ at workplace, which would seek holistic human development. There are many aspects of life to lead a ‘Balance of Life’. Essentially, they fall in 4 Quadrants – Career, Relationships, Social, and Spiritual. Human beings have the desire and the need to grow in all of these quadrants. If any of the quadrants remain underdeveloped, it leads to a sense of incompleteness.

This study has proposed and substantiated the concept of ‘Balance of Life’ at workplace – 4 quadrants in Indian organizations. The main purpose of the study was to find out what employees think about the ‘Balance of Life’ concept, its adoption at the workplace, and how they view their organizations performing on the 4 quadrants that is – Career, Relationships, Social, and Spiritual.

The study findings show that a predominant share (86%) of employees want to live a balanced life, and this is observed across the age bands. 81% of employees want their organizations to implement ‘Balance of Life’ for the employees.  

The findings carry a number of implications and research directions for academicians and business organizations for further investigation of the influence of ‘Balance of Life’ on employee well-being and organizational effectiveness.

 To know more about the study, download the research paper  http://www.ijsrp.org/research-paper-1021.php?rp=P11811719

Rakhi Sunil Kumar