Influence of Work-Life Balance on Employee Motivation: A study on Female Millennials of Selected IT-BPM Sectors in Kolkata, India

Abstract

Women employees confront a double burden of reproductive and productive jobs across the globe. On one hand, they are assigned an unpaid job at home, and on another hand, they are earning for their family. Accordingly, work-life balance is a major issue and an effective determinant that affects employee motivation in the workplace. The primary objective of this study is bifold. First to find out the relationship between work-life balance and employee motivation, secondly to find whether work-life balance influences employee motivation for female millennials in the Information Technology and Business Process Management sectors of Kolkata, India. 18 nos. Self-administered questionaries are employed to collect data through google form from five IT organizations in Kolkata and analyzed through SPSS version 22.0. The result of this study revealed that there is a strong relationship exists between work-life balance and employee motivation. The study recommends there must be a balance required between WLB and employee motivation to reduce employee attrition and attain organizational effectiveness specifically for today's female millennials.