1.
Lakhwinder Singh Kang
– Professor, Department Of Commerce, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
2.
Abha Bhalla
– Professor, Department Of Commerce, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Abstract
The present study aims to gain insight
in to the prevalence of different
dimensions of Work-Family
Balance (WFB) among journalists.
The nature of journalism profession
induces employees to work at
unpredictable hours, travel in all
weathers, meet stringent daily
deadlines, and find fresh stories
everyday by being exposed to
traumatizing events, which makes
their work-family boundaries
blurred. Data were collected from
212 full-time journalists working
for the top ten dailies of Punjab
(India). Using confirmatory factor
analysis, the psychometric
properties of WFB scale have been
tested and results validate existence
of four dimensions of WFB,
i.e. work-to-family conflict, family-
to-work conflict, work-to-family
facilitation and family-to-work
facilitation. It has been found that
journalists experience greater
work-to-family facilitation than
work-to-family conflict.
