Contents

• Introduction
• Concept of Leisure
• Types of Leisure
• Workplace stress and life balance
• Importance of Leisure
• Leisure - Employers
• Leisure - Employees
• Intangible Benefits of Leisure
• Conclusion
• References

Description

In today’s business world which is ruled by the competition, the organization has to face the competition not only within the nation but also he has to compete internationally. This leads to the stress to the management which is being transferred to the employees. In most cases, the employees are burn out due to lack of balance between their work and life. Leisure can be said as freedom that one enjoys both mentally and physically apart from one’s own occupation, business and spends his time free from employment. This is the time at his own command and he is able to rejuvenate himself when he engages himself in his leisure activities. Work life balance is a very broad concept that includes the proper prioritizing between the career on one hand and life which embraces his family, leisure, family, spiritual development on the other hand. Traditionally, the stress management programs were placing the responsibility of reducing the stress on the individual rather than relying on the organization for which he works for. It was noted that though the employees were very healthy when they start their career in any given organization, due to the dysfunctional system, they burn out eventually. This leads to the loss to him personally as well to the organization on the whole. This paper analyses the importance of leisure in the work/life balance.