Open AccessMarital Status & Work-Life Balance: A Case Study of Commercial Pilots of Pakistan
Author(s) -
Mariyam Malik,
Said Alwi,
Musarrat Shamshir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
xi'nan jiaotong daxue xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 0258-2724
DOI - 10.35741/issn.0258-2724.55.4.20
Subject(s) - work–life balance , balance (ability) , marital status , work (physics) , neglect , norm (philosophy) , psychology , demographic economics , sociology , political science , economics , demography , engineering , mechanical engineering , population , neuroscience , psychiatry , law
The aim of this research is to examine whether the states of work-life balance differ according to the different marital statuses of commercial pilots in Pakistan. The increasing intensities resulting from globalization have led to pressure on organizations, and in times such as the present when job insecurity and downsizing are a norm, employees tend to invest more effort and time into their professions to provide them with greater security. As a result, employees often neglect the other and equally important domain, the life domain. The variables that were used for the research study are marital status and work-life balance. This quantitative study concluded that commercial pilots, regardless of their marital statuses, undergo massive imbalances in their work and life domains. The study also provides recommendations for improving levels of work-life balance.