Psychological Barriers to Workplace Wellness in Young Married Women in Indian Higher Education

Workplace wellness has been extensively researched in various domains of social sciences, both intra- and inter-disciplinary. This highlights the significance of the concept ‘workplace wellness' as it not only influences the outcome of an organization and reduces the turnover rates, but also looks into the well-being of employees. There is a substantial increase in the number of married women entering the workforce which has led to a rise in dual-career families. With the increase in employment, female employees encounter numerous challenges in maintaining workplace wellness such as physical, psychological, or social impediments. This chapter looks at the psychological barriers that young married women experience with regard to workplace wellness in the context of higher education in India. Factors such as burnout, family-work conflict, work-family conflict, career-marriage conflict, implicit bias, workplace violence, imposter syndrome, mental load, compassion fatigue, etc. are some of the major barriers.