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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 paper, the authors explored whether and how the use of self-care strategies and job-crafting practices influenced perceived levels of work-life balance, work engagement, and burnout among ABA practitioners who work in human service settings.
Abstract: Applied behavior analysis (ABA) practitioners report high levels of burnout, exhibited as exhaustion and disengagement. Turnover, a stressful and costly experience for individual practitioners and the human service organizations that employ them, is a potential consequence of burnout. Work–life balance and work engagement are associated with lower burnout and lower intention to quit. Research concerning behavioral predictors of work–life balance, work engagement, and burnout—all of which are associated with turnover intentions—among ABA service providers is scant. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to explore whether and how the use of self-care strategies and job-crafting practices influences perceived levels of work–life balance, work engagement, and burnout among ABA practitioners who work in human service settings. In a sample of 826 ABA practitioners, 72% reported medium to high levels of burnout. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that the use of both self-care strategies and job-crafting practices strongly predicted work–life balance, work engagement, and burnout above and beyond sociodemographic variables (gender and years of experience). Findings can inform the development of effective organizational/systems- and individual-level self-care and job-crafting interventions that support sustainable individual, organizational, and client-related outcomes. We contend that self-care and job-crafting interventions support a culture of well-being in graduate programs, training/supervision curricula, and mentor–mentee relationships.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this article , the performance of employees employed at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia and Indonesia, also to examine the employee's quality of life affected by the pandemic.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance of employees employed at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia and Indonesia, also to examine the employee’s quality of life affected by COVID-19. The current study is aimed to critically determine the performance of employees employed at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author has analyzed and reviewed various sources of articles, reports, and documents from previous research and literature. The findings explain that working from home has provided advantages and disadvantages for both the employees and the organization and is responsible for the decrease in employee productivity. In addition, the findings conclude that the fact that working from home is generally not feasible because many areas of work cannot be done from home, although for many employees, working from home has provided a work-life balance.

9 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
17 Sep 2014
TL;DR: Work-life balance policies have become a ubiquitous feature of university strategies for formally recognising that employees have personal interests, ties and obligations beyond those of the workplace as mentioned in this paper, however, rationales for work life balance policies and programs in Australian universities predominantly link personal health, well-being and family responsibilities to imperatives for a more productive and competitive tertiary sector.
Abstract: Work-life balance policies have become a ubiquitous feature of university strategies for formally recognising that employees have personal interests, ties and obligations beyond those of the workplace. However, rationales for work-life balance policies and programs in Australian universities predominantly link personal health, well-being and family responsibilities to imperatives for a more productive and competitive tertiary sector. In this paper, we call for an encounter between work-life balance policies, everyday organisational practices and the performativities of academic subjects. Informed by poststructuralist theories of institutionality, governmentality and subjectivity, we draw on personal and policy narratives to argue that ‘well-being’ is a construct through which the risky humanity of academic subjects is not only managed, but also appropriated into normative discourses of obligatory productivity and self-governance. Informed by Sara Ahmed's recent work on the cultural politics of emotion and...

9 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between distance students' health risk and health-promoting behaviours and stressors, strains, coping and academic outcomes, and explored distance students’ perceptions of the university's role in supporting their health.
Abstract: Studying by distance can pose both social and academic challenges for students. The unique experience of distance study as well as balancing family and work may contribute to students’ stress and strains, and subsequently influence their ability to cope. In turn, this has the potential to contribute to, or exacerbate health and social problems. Previous research with on-campus students has found that students’ engagement in health-promoting behaviours may mediate stressors and strains. Despite this, little is known about the relationships between health behaviours, stressors, strains and coping, and academic outcomes, specifically in relation to distance students. The purpose of this doctoral research was fourfold: (a) to examine the relationship between distance students’ health risk and health-promoting behaviours and stressors, strains, coping and academic outcomes, (b) to examine the cohort differences between distance students and on-campus students in relation to study variables, (c) to explore distance students’ perceptions of their stressors, strains and coping, and the role of health behaviours in coping, and (d) to explore distance students’ perceptions of the university’s role in supporting their health. Two models formed the basis of this research; the health promotion model, and the transactional model of stress and coping. This study was designed with two main phases using a mixed-method design, each involving students from the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). Phase 1 consisted of two quantitative stages. First, an online health survey was pilot tested with 73 USQ Nursing students. The intention was to test the reliability and validity of study measures and obtain feedback from students about the survey tool itself. The pilot testing phase informed the development of an online health survey implemented in the second quantitative stage. Second, students across discipline areas, faculties and program levels completed an online health survey. This included 766 students including 270 on-campus and 496 distance students. The main aim of this study was to examine the relationships between socio-demographic variables, general health and psychological variables on students’ engagement in health behaviours. Additionally, the study examined the role that stressors, strains and coping played in predicting student academic outcomes. The results indicated that age did not correlate across many study variables, and little difference was found between on-campus and distance students with respect to gender. Psychological distress was a significant predictor of stress, strain and coping and academic outcomes; whereas health-promoting behaviours related more strongly with student coping. A theoretical model was developed to test which health variables best predicted student stress, strain, coping and academic outcomes. The model indicated that whilst health-promoting behaviours did not have a direct relationship with academic outcomes, they did account for a large amount of variance in student coping, mediating between student stress and strain, regardless of study mode. Phase 2 used a qualitative approach involving seven distance students. Semi-structured interviews were used to explore the experiences of distance students, with a specific focus on health and coping. Of interest was how they saw the role of health-promoting behaviours in their coping. Furthermore, these interviews sought to explore distance students’ perceptions of the role of the university in supporting their health. The findings from the qualitative research indicated a variety of challenges related to distance study, including social and academic stressors and strains. For example, students discussed the challenges around time pressures in juggling demands of family, work and study, and navigating the online environment. Despite these challenges, students often used proactive strategies such as time management strategies and health-promoting behaviours, as part of their coping repertoire to buffer the effects of stress. Given the importance of health-promoting behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, stress management, spiritual growth, interpersonal relations, and health responsibility) in distance students’ coping, these should be activity promoted. This should include the development of online strategies which enhance these behaviours within the context of overall student coping, information and advice built into students’ transition strategies to their online study, and the provision of information and advice by USQ Student Services. This was supported by distance students themselves perceived the university to play a key role in supporting their health, specifically including the provision of health information, support services, recreational opportunities, and support with academic issues within an online learning environment. Overall, this study has contributed to the body of knowledge by providing new insights into the role that health-promoting behaviours play in stress, strain and coping and academic outcomes for distance students. This presents an alternative view of how positive influences such as engaging in healthy behaviours, may influence students’ ability to cope, and in turn their academic outcomes. This knowledge also contributes to new insights into how these behaviours may contribute to a positive study and work life balance.

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the key factors affecting work-life balance of Indian dual-career couples working in knowledge-based organisations (KBOs) and found that the constructs of work life balance hold a strong influence over the respondents' satisfaction towards work life balancing.
Abstract: Work-life balance is a contemporary issue and is of great interest in studies related to quality of life. This paper aims to examine the key factors affecting work-life balance of Indian dual-career couples working in knowledge-based organisations (KBOs). This is an empirical study that attempts to capture the perception of knowledge professionals towards various constructs of work-life balance. This study supports previous research findings that dual-career couples face the dilemma of work-life balance severely. It is found that the constructs of work-life balance and respondents' satisfaction towards work-life balance is influenced differently by their demographic characteristics. The research came out with profound findings on differences in gender and family structure. The constructs of work-life balance hold a strong influence over the respondents' satisfaction towards work-life balance. Finally, the study throws light on the fact that work-life balance is definitely a determinant of an individual's overall quality of life.

9 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023328
2022601
2021171
2020194
2019156
2018167