Determinants of work-life balance among faculty in Delhi NCR: Evidence from higher education institutions

This research examines the predictors of work life balance among faculty staff working in higher educational institutions in the city of Delhi NCR. The study relates to emerging issues regarding work stress, institutional pressure, and personal health that put faculty members in a position to handle work and non-work roles. This study was a cross-sectional design based on a structured questionnaire that was distributed to 428 faculty members in both the public and the private institutions. The data were analysed with the help of reliability assessment, exploratory factor analysis, correlation, and multiple regression. Results showed that organizational support (=.41), workload management (=.34), and supervisor behaviour (=.29) had significant effect on the work-life balance and explained 57 percent of variance. There was a difference between men and women in terms of work-life balance where the female faculty scored a little lower (M = 3.18) compared to males (M = 3.42). There were also results that showed the presence of a negative relationship between occupational stress and work-life (r = -.46). In general, the research finds that the institutional interventions associated with the rationalization of workloads and the supportive leadership can effectively support the well-being and effectiveness of the faculties.