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Figure 1: Work-life Balance –Proposed Integrated Conceptual Framework The environmental demand, personal demand, the challenges faced due to the absence of both personal and environmental resources will be identified and used in the next chapters and these factors are interacting and creating conflicts and how the female professionals are coping will these scenarios. VI. O verview of R esearch D esign The purpose of this research was to explore the current work-life balance condition of the female professional working in banks. According to Saunders et al. (1997) there are mainly three-way classifications of the purpose that exists they are exploratory, descriptive and explanatory. This study is based on exploratory studies where the main goal of this exploratory research is to clarified understanding about the scenario. Both primary and secondary data such as- the semi-structured interviews were used to collect reliable data. The in-depth interviews with the women bankers working within Dhaka city have helped in obtaining the answers of the preset questions. The discussion guide is designed in a way to collect the information related to the balance of work-life and the need of that balance for an individual and how they are handling and coping with the change due to this pandemic. To collect reliable data open-ended question were taken into consideration whendesigning the interview questions. As the open- ended questions allowed the respondents to express their ideas more openly. And the research data was gathered through semi-structured interviews over the phone of 30 female employees of Brac bank, Eastern Bank, Mutual Trust bank, ShahjalalIslami Bank, City Bank, Jamuna Bank, Standard Bank, IDLC, Prime Bank, City Bank, Bank Asia, Woori Bank, Union Bank, NRB Commercial Bank, Meghna Bank, ICB Islami Bank, Southeast Bank, AB Bank, Uttara Bank, Exim Bank, Jamuna Bank. While taking the semi-structured interviews, forms and notes were developed and utilized to store individual information. The accuracy and reliability of qualitative data were maintained by having a properly outlined discussion guide to avoid the possible biases that could have occurred. One of the tools of the data collection of the study was the questionnaire of Hayman (2005) slightly modified. Which consisted of 15 statements about the work-life balance. The researcher has altered the questionnaire of Hayman (2005) according to the need of the presents study setting. VII. R eview of L iterature Traditionally, the ratio of women was low and men as wage earners were high. But currently in modern Bangladesh, the rate of dual-earner couples is on the increase and that bring changes in the workforce which An Exploratory study on the Challenges Confronted by the Female Corporate Professionals Working in Banks to Maintain Balance in Work-Life during Pandemic 65 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXII Issue V Version I Year 2022 ( ) A © 2022 Global Journals