Descriptive study on the work life balance of hotel supervisors and its relation with gender and family structure

The objective of the study was to measure the levels of work life balance of supervisory staff of the four operational departments of the hotels and to identify the differences if any in levels of work life balance of supervisors with different genders, marital status and family structures. Supervisors are front line managers who not only control and monitor day to day operations but also act as liaison between operating staff, customers and management. Due to the challenging work characteristics of hotel maintaining good balance of work life balance is always difficult and it is more required for the supervisors. Maintaining a good life balance becomes more difficult with other factors related to individual’s personal life. The paper not only measured the levels of work life balance but also compared the result with factors like gender, marital status and differential family structure. The author had devised a questionnaire to gather the data from the respondents, which included a set of statement on which participants agreement or disagreement was recorded. Based on the responses scores for each dimension were calculated and integrating the scores the overall levels for work life balance were ascertained. Study employed SPSS for analysis of data, where data was analyzed using cross tables, descriptive statistics ANOVA & t test to come to conclusions. The reliability for the questionnaire was as certained through Cronbach alpha and coefficient of correlations. The results had shown that there is a lack of satisfactory levels of work life balance for supervisors. The result proved that work life balance for supervisors who were single were better than supervisors who were married. Female supervisor enjoy a better level of work life balance as compared to male supervisors. The work life balance levels of supervisors who have children who need care were found to be lesser than the levels of supervisor who do not have children requiring care. The work life balance levels were better for supervisors who do not live with parents as compared to supervisors who live with their parents requiring care.