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Work–life balance
About: Work–life balance is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2252 publications have been published within this topic receiving 36240 citations. The topic is also known as: Work Life balance & work-life balance.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors brought forth such issues and practices prevailing in Indian context and reviewed them through searches of academic, business and sociological data base containing generalized research evidence and case study findings.
Abstract: The changing nature at workplace coupled with changes in socio-cultural level has led to imbalance in the work and personal lives of employees all over. Increasing demand, rising awareness among women, increasing stress levels, increasing family levels etc., have made it difficult for people to cope with their work and family lives. With increasing stress levels and demands at the workplaces, attrition rate in organization is increasing. Therefore, the present day organizations are required to create a flexible environment which would help employees to manage their work and family together. This paper brings forth such issues and practices prevailing in Indian context. The materials reviewed were obtained through searches of academic, business and sociological data base containing generalized research evidence and case study findings. It includes academic journal articles, books, research reports and materials oriented to business community.
15 citations
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: The purpose of this paper is to explore a particular instance of how ubiquitous computing is utilized to maintain work-life balance from the perspectives of women in the Information technology workforce.
Abstract: Transformations in ubiquitous Computing and shifts in the domestic nature of home life are placing greater demands on men and women to balance work and life. Although work-life balance has been heavily investigated for many years, the majority of this research gives very little discussion to the role of technology. Thus, the question remains: Can ubiquitous computing address the issues raised by work-life balance? The purpose of this paper is to explore a particular instance of how ubiquitous computing is utilized to maintain work-life balance from the perspectives of women in the Information technology workforce.
15 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the impact of workers bringing work home on human resource development (HRD) researchers and practitioners and find that workers bringing home work is a common practice.
Abstract: Given the prevalence of workers bringing work home, issues arising from this practice are a central concern of human resource development (HRD) researchers and practitioners. This study investigate...
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TL;DR: This article examined different types of work-family pressures among people working within the Australian university sector and found that domestic Australians experience greater levels of workfamily imbalance across most of the measures used Limitations and implications for future research are discussed.
Abstract: The article examines different types of work–family pressures amongst people working within the Australian university sector We were specifically interested in work–family experiences between domestic and migrant Australians Among the major findings, domestic Australians experience greater levels of work–family imbalance across most of the measures used Limitations and implications for future research are discussed
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