Work-Family Life Adjustment of Working Mothers in Public sector:A case study of LESCO

While technological changes have resulted in increasing number of women joining the paid workforce, it has also created challenges for work-family life adjustments. In order to find how working mothers meet such challenges, a research, using qualitative technique was conducted in Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO). Ten in-depth interviews and one focus group discussion was used for data collection. Thematic analysis of the data was used to analyze data.The results showed that work-family life adjustment was a long, tiring and extremely challenging process as workplace demand posed challenges which made it difficult to cope up with family responsibilities. In the process of making adjustment, working mothers had to compromise their sleep, desires, and health. Working mothers narrated their strategies for responding to work and family pressures amicably and efficiently. These strategies included flexible and positive attitude, acceptance of family support and co-operation, time management, and catharsis. The ladies were looking for enhanced family/spousal cooperation and organizational support to make their family life comfortable and relaxed.status: publishe