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Work Life Balance of Women Employees in Shops ….

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  • Author   :    Sreeja P., B.V. Pillai
    Year of Publication   :   2025
    ISBN   :   9789393934871
    Language   :   English
    Binding   :   Hard Bound
    Pages   :   502
    Size   :   23 cms
    Categories   :   2025, Commerce, Management, New Books
    Price  :  1500
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    The Book

    In India, Shops and Commercial Establishments play a pivotal role in the economic development of all the States. This is because of the fact that they provide sizeable revenue to the exchequer and employment to thousands of employees especially women folk. However, most of the women employees live in miserable conditions. The shops and establishments pay very low salary, which is often difficult to meet the needs of the family. In most cases, the women employees experience the pathetic issues of over work load; lack of toilet facilities, good drinking water, rest room and lunch room. Even in some shops, especially textiles, employees are not allowed to sit during working hours. These conditions make them vulnerable to health problems and stress. Though the Shops and Commercial Establishment Act was amended to protect these employees, implementation of the same is lax and the poor employees continue to suffer. Besides, these employees have to suffer a lot of difficulties on family front, especially when they are unable to fulfill all the household responsibilities due to lack of time. As a result, they encounter family disturbances, leading to imbalance in work and life and thereby dissatisfaction.

    The women employees of shops and establishments are the poor people in the society. Their life is miserable. There is no improvement in their work life or personal life. Their socio-economic background is still pathetic. They have high workload at their work place and they work more than eight hours a day without any rest or lunch time, leading to imbalance in work life and thereby dissatisfaction. In this background, the authors have made an attempt to investigate the problems of these hapless women employees of Shops and Commercial Establishments in India with special reference to Kerala.

    The book comprises ten chapters including an introduction and summing up. It is hoped that the book will be useful to entrepreneurs and employees of shops and Commercial establishments, policy makers, academicians and researchers in Commerce, Management & other social sciences and other stakeholders.

    The Authors

    Dr. Sreeja P., M.Com., MBA., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Research Supervisor, Post Graduate & Research Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi, Palakkad, Kerala State. She has 15 years of teaching experience. She secured the degrees of M.Com and M.Phil. in Commerce from the University of Calicut. She has completed her research work in the area of Work life Balance among Women Employees in Shops and Commercial Establishments in Kerala and awarded Ph.D. Degree in the faculty of Commerce and Management Studies by the University of Calicut in 2023. She has qualified the NET examination and published fifteen research papers in reputed journals and presented sixteen papers in National and International Seminars/Webinars. Her fields of special interests are HR Management, Research Methodology, Entrepreneurship and Finance.

    Prof. (Dr.) B. Vijayachandran Pillai, M.Com., MBA., PGDTM., Ph.D. is presently serving as the Principal and Director, Ahalia School of Management, Palakkad, Kerala and formerly Professor and Head, Department of Commerce & Management Studies, University of Calicut, Kerala State. He has over 40 years of teaching experience and 34 years of research experience. Besides the Academic assignments, he served in different administrative posts like Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2016-18); Director, Directorate of Self-Financing Courses, University of Calicut (2017-19) and Coordinator, School of Management Studies, Palakkad, University of Calicut (2013-2020). He has successfully guided twenty five M.Phil. Students and twenty four research scholars have secured their Ph.Ds. in Commerce & Management Studies under his guidance. He has successfully completed three UGC funded projects. He has authored and edited 24 text books. He published 259 papers/articles in reputed journals and chapters in edited Books. He has presented 170 papers in National & International level Seminars/Webinars. He is a member of various Professional and academic bodies.