Impact Of Participation In Employee Recreation On Work Life Quality Of It Employees In Puducherry

Abstract

The researchers have studied the impact of employees’ recreation   on work-life quality of employees in Puducherry union territory. For this purpose, the researchers a total of five IT companies from Puducherry union territory and selected 572 employees as sample of the study using simple random sampling method. Primary data were collected through a well-structured questionnaire. The researchers applied the statistical tools of simple percentage, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, cluster analysis, and regression analysis as statistical tools. The results of the study revealed that the sample IT companies in Puducherry conducted the event of ‘Yearly festivals’ most frequently followed by, ‘Office cookoff’, ‘Board games’, ‘Award nights’ and ‘Fun games’. It was also observed that the sample employees employed in IT companies in Puducherry engaged most frequently in the organizational recreation of "Meditation / Yoga", followed by 'Dances', 'Craft / art competition', 'Board games', 'Sports events', 'Outdoor tournaments', 'Mehendi / tattoo', 'Karaoke', and 'Potluck lunches'. The impact level of participation in employees’ recreation   was more in the dimension of “Improved work involvement”, followed by “Improved team building”. the impact level was also low in the dimension of “Improved mental and physical strength”. the frequency of organizing organisational recreational activities as “Outdoor events” positively and significantly influenced the impact of employees’ recreation   on work life quality. the frequency of participation in organisational recreational activities as “Indoor Events” and “Outdoor events” positively and significantly influenced the impact of employees’ recreation   on work life quality of employees.