Deciphering the Role of Modern Workplace Trends, Career Agility, and Work-Life Balance on the Well-Being of Professional Women

Abstract

Women's work-life balance is crucial for maintaining both professional and personal life. Challenges like gender inequality, smart working, new skills, and customized technology post COVID-19 affected women's job performance in various industries. Modern workplace trends like job flexibility, chronoworking, and adaptability to technology have transformed how professional women work. The chapter aims to captivate all factors together; modern workplace trends, career agility, and work-life balance to understand the well-being of professional women. The chapter anticipates 18 modern workplace trends such as career cushioning, quiet quitting, rage applying, ghost jobs, great resignation, and new-collar jobs to comprehend their role in adding agility to the career, workplace, and well-being of the employees. The chapter concludes that career agility and well-being are deeply interconnected to manage life transitions (e.g., marriage, maternity, and motherhood) while preserving career growth. WLB is a keystone of a healthier life, a supportive environment, and achieving career agility.