• Sivaranjani .k
• Dr.S. Sowmiya

The role of working women has changed throughout the world due to economic conditions and social demands. This has resulted in a scenario in which working women have tremendous pressure to develop a career as robust as their male counterparts while sustaining active engagement in personal life. The ever-increasing work pressure is taking a toll on the working women leaving them with less time for themselves. The increasing responsibilities on the personal front with the technological blessings like advanced mobile phones, notepads, etc. that keeps career family integrated with personal life also creates stress on personal and professional fronts in this knowledge age. This affects the person’s physical, emotional and social well-being. Thus, achieving career family balance is a necessity for working women to have a good quality of life. This paper is an attempt to explore the tough challenges faced by working women in maintaining a balance between their career and family. The various factors affecting the career family balance of married working women have been examined in this study. The tool used for the study is the manual on career family balance of The Industrial Society (now the Work Foundation) by Daniels and McCarraher. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics and it was found that the problems faced by the working women of Chidambaram in terms of career family balance are quite high. The results also indicate that the career family balances of individuals affect their quality of life.

Career family balance, working women

"CAREER FAMILY BALANCE AMONG WORKING WOMEN ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 4, page no.483-487, April-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1804312.pdf

"CAREER FAMILY BALANCE AMONG WORKING WOMEN ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 4, page no. pp483-487, April-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1804312.pdf