Abstract:
This article attempts to analyze the work-family
balance of male and female academics in Sri Lankan
universities, in view of the dearth of research on the gendered
nature of work-family balance in academia. This study examines
gender differences in work-family balance in academia.
With the purpose of accomplishing the aforesaid objective, a
survey was conducted with 63 male and 63 female university
academics of Management Faculties in the University of
Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Colombo, University of
Kelaniya and University of Ruhuna. The sample was selected
based on the cluster sampling technique. Further, the work-family balance was measured along three dimensions, namely,
time balance, involvement balance and satisfaction balance.
An independent sample t-test was used for the purpose of data
analysis. The results show that there is a significant difference
in time balance, involvement balance and work-family balance
between male and female academics. However, there is no
statistically significant difference in satisfaction balance
between male and female academics of the selected sample.
Especially, social support may create a balance between work
and family life for women academics in Sri Lanka.
