Factors Affecting Work Life Balance

Running head: WORK LIFE BALANCE
WORK LIFE BALANCE
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Introduction:
With the increasing amount of competition and the growing conflict of gender
equality, the marginality between work life and personal life is diminishing. With the greater
powers and responsibilities the balance between domestic duties and at office is constantly
becoming an issue. The most important aspect of such work life balancing depends not on a
single factor but is an issue that is more complicated and critical in nature. The paper will
look into the factors that determine and influence the work life balance of an individual and
evaluate through the context of the Anne-Marie Slaughter and the contradictions that have
been presented by Richard Dorment in his issue titled “Why Men Still Can't Have It All” and
outlines the conflict and issues that the men have to face in their work and domestic life. The
essay will weigh the arguments of Slaughter and Dorment and try to identify the major issues
that affect the work life balance.
Discussion:
The importance of balancing work and life is one of the important aspect of the
managing the stressful conditions of life. The management of the life and work is the key to
any happy family and it is imperative that in the environment where there is a constant
pressure of performing to prove one’s competence, the impact is felt by compromising the
family and more personal space of an individual (Bielby et al.). In the present day where
gender equality has almost been achieved and women are playing an important role in nation
building to healthcare to managing corporations equally at par with men, and equally men
being more responsible and devoting time at home, it is important to understand that the
psychological toll that is taking up with both the genders in order to decide whether their
choices are justified. The conflict as identified by Slaughter in her famous realisation that
‘Women still can’t have it all’ throws a light into how the priority of family restricts women