SERVICE TENURE AND WORK LIFE BALANCE SATISFACTION-A STUDY ON SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS IN HYDERABAD.

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The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationship between the work life balance satisfaction and the Service tenure of software professionals in their work/life and its extent of impact on the WLB satisfaction. The sample consisted of 500 software professionals of three levels of designations, from Hi-tech city of Hyderabad who are both male and female. Convenience sampling technique was adopted to select the number of respondents across the three levels. Hypotheses in support of WLB satisfaction has been tested in this study. The correlation, ANOVA and regression analysis at .05 level of significance revealed positive relation between the variables under study and significant difference was found between the work life balance satisfaction level based on the service tenure and it was also found that service tenure has a positive impact on the work life balance satisfaction levels of the employees.

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[Vijaya Lakshmi Kanteti. (2017); SERVICE TENURE AND WORK LIFE BALANCE SATISFACTION-A STUDY ON SOFTWARE PROFESSIONALS IN HYDERABAD. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 1219-1223] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr.Vijaya Lakshmi Kanteti
AMS School of Informatics, Osmania University Campus,Hyderabad

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4526      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4526

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