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Showing papers on "Work–life balance published in 2002"


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TL;DR: Work-life balance has become an important topic for research and policy in some countries as mentioned in this paper, and a review of contemporary theory and research on work life balance can be found in this article.
Abstract: This article reviews aspects of contemporary theory and research on work-life balance. It starts by exploring why work-life balance has become an important topic for research and policy in some cou...

697 citations


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TL;DR: Work at home is more likely to be available in the public sector, large establishments and work environments in which individuals are responsible for the quality of their own output as discussed by the authors, but not especially feminised.
Abstract: Discussion of ‘work-life balance’ and ‘family-friendly’ employment is much in vogue among politicians and business leaders. Often, but not always, working at home is included within such practices. However, the concepts of work-life balance and family-friendly are commonly left ill-defined by researchers and policymakers alike. In this article we outline formal definitions of these terms, which place spatial issues - and hence working at home - at the heart of the debate. This leads us on to examine working at home through the theoretical lens offered by attempts to explain the rise of work-life balance arrangements. Twelve hypotheses emerge from the literature and are tested on the management data contained in the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey or WERS98. Many of these hypotheses pass weak statistical tests but fail on stronger logistic regression tests. The article shows that the option to work at home is more likely to be available in the public sector, large establishments and work environments in which individuals are responsible for the quality of their own output. These workplaces are typically less unionised but not especially feminised.

318 citations




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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of Swedish conditions with regard to work-life balance in the 1990s and report that a majority of workers experienced work-non-work imbalance, rather than balance.
Abstract: This article presents an overview of Swedish conditions with regard to work-life balance in the 1990s. This decade was characterized by high unemployment, increasing frequency of insecure employment contracts and downsizing, but also by increasing productivity. National statistics and scientific surveys indicate that large groups of the Swedish labour force experienced increasing work-load and intensification of work routines. At the end of the decade national costs of long-term sick leave doubled in two years. Two empirical studies performed with a stress and health approach are reported. Results show that a majority of workers experienced work-nonwork imbalance, rather than balance. Work tended to interfere with nonwork activities rather than impact in the opposite direction, and individuals reporting work-nonwork balance reported better health and well-being than those reporting imbalance.

30 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored whether work-life imbalance due to long working hours exists among employees in Croatia, and examined some of its antecedents and consequences, and concluded that the consequences of such imbalance exist.
Abstract: This study explores whether work-life imbalance due to long working hours exists among employees in Croatia, and examines some of its antecedents and consequences. In studying the consequences, joi...

11 citations


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R Anne Dow-Clarke1
TL;DR: The information provided in this article can be used to guide future evaluation for the reduction of barriers to employee work-life balance.
Abstract: 1. Employers have a role in assisting workers to manage conflicting priorities of work and family. 2. Management support and sensitivity to family and home life responsibilities and flexible application of policies are believed to be key factors in promoting work-life balance in the workplace. 3. Occupational health nurses have a role in advocating for revised company policies to assist employees to achieve and maintain a work-life balance. The information provided in this article can be used to guide future evaluation for the reduction of barriers to employee work-life balance.

8 citations


Book
31 Oct 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse the political context, the legislative frameworks and the policy developments in an area that is now widely termed "work-life balance" in both the United Kingdom and Germany.
Abstract: This survey analyses the political context, the legislative frameworks and the policy developments in an area that is now widely termed 'work-life balance' in both the United Kingdom and Germany. It also looks at the theoretical notions of time in relation to work and family life and gives examples of research in the public, private and voluntary sector.

4 citations


01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this article, the authors start from the premise that the most dramatic change in recent times has been the growth of the knowledge, or learning, society: it is truly global in nature, it functions increasingly through virtual networks and has powerful implications for the ways in which people learn and work.
Abstract: In this paper, the author begins from the premise that the most dramatic change in recent times has been the growth of the knowledge, or learning, society: it is truly global in nature, it functions increasingly through virtual networks and has powerful implications for the ways in which people learn and work. To put these changes into a professional context, the paper first considers continuing professional development (CPD), defined as follows: the systematic maintenance and improvement of knowledge, skills and competence, and enhancement of learning, undertaken by a person throughout his or her working life. Important factors under discussion are new patterns of work and the work life balance.

1 citations