An Exploration of Person Environment Fit Gender Ideology Job Life Satisfaction and Turnover Intention Among Indian Working Mothers A Work Life Balance Perspective

Abstract

The global trend of demographic shift (related to age, dual career couple, cultural expectations etc.) in the workforce necessitates the employer to facilitate employee-friendly work-environment and policies that fosters a balanced work-lives, especially among mothers. Today s workforce comprises of GenX ers and GenY ers mostly. With a shift in Indian culture from traditional to egalitarian, both of these generations are much concerned about their career and personal lives. They look for jobs which matches with their own goals, skills and abilities and the organizations whose culture, values and goals are in sync with those of working mothers. Given that, organizations today compete to promote themselves as employer of choice and therefore, are more concerned about women s attrition rate. Despite of various work-life policies that has recently been introduced, they are not implemented effectively due to unsupportive supervisor and organizational culture. This makes mothers live miserable and consequently decide to be a stay- at-home mother. Partly, the turnover intention is derived from their own gender ideology which is generally inherited from their parents and society. Working mothers are under pressure to manage both work and household responsibilities, if they fail to do so, they are considered to be egoistic and bad mothers. These societal interferences and unsupportive work-environment leads to work- life conflicts and dissatisfaction with job and family-life...