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.

Influence of Work Life Balance on Employees Performance: Moderated by Transactional Leadership

Abstract: University managements have the responsibility to ensure that their employees’ work-life balance is improved, not only for the mere compliance of laws and statutes but rather to mitigate the pitfalls of high turnover and high health care costs associated with work-family conflicts, which are proven to be financially disadvantageous over putting into place a healthy human resources recruitment and retention strategy. The present study investigates the influence of work life balance on employee performance in education sector of Pakistan. The study also investigates the moderating effect of transactional leadership on relationship between work life balance and employee performance. The study used sample of 150 respondents from eight universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The regression and moderation analysis are performed by using the SPSS 22. The findings of study reveal the work life balance has significant positive effect on employee performance. The results also present that transactional leadership has significant moderating effect. The study recommends that management of universities should consider the effect of work life balance while making polices about leave and working load etc. The findings of study have important policy implications for policy makers and government to increase the employee performance. Keywords: Work Life, Performance, Pakistan, SPSS, Transactional

Work Life Balance of IT Women Professionals Belonging to the Age Group 20-35 in India

Abstract: The information technology (IT) industry has shown its potential as a leading sector in spurring economic development and has offered many new job opportunities in India for both men and women. Even though women have made decisive advances in the labor market, there has not been much progress in the IT industry. This is evident from the fact that only 9% of IT professionals in the total labor force are women. The reasons attributed to this could be multifaceted. It could be because of the practices and policies of the working environment, the organizational climate, the family situations etc. A questionnaire was constructed to determine the reasons for the voluntary turnover of women especially in the IT sector who have just started their family life. The study illustrates the current workplace conditions and some of the reasons causing imbalances in work and life. The study focuses on the working women in the age group 20 -35, the hazards and problems they face at work and in family life with special focus on IT companies in India. Factor analysis was performed on the survey and it was found that two factors namely psychological and cognitive factor and organizational climatic factor are the causes of work life imbalances among women working in the age group 20 to 35 in IT sector. The reliability of the factors was checked using cronbach’s alpha. Bartletts test of sphericity was used to check for significance of all correlations within a correlation matrix. The study recommends that organizations may use these insights to mitigate voluntary turnover among women belonging to IT sector and increase the work force diversity.

The Relationship between Work Life Balance and Employee Performance: With Reference to Telecommunication Industry of Sri Lanka

Abstract: In today’s dynamic business environment, work life balance (WLB) has become one of the key issues faced by many employees all over the world. Maintaining work life balance is an issue increasingly recognized as of strategic importance to organization and of significance to employees. There is no one agreed definition of work-life balance but it does appear that the right balance for one person may differ from the next. In simply, WLB means the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy. At present, the service sector is the leading factor for the total economic growth rate. Sri Lankan telecommunication industry is one of the largest service contributors to national economy. Poor work life balance leads to many disastrous things like tardiness, bad performance, lack of motivation, more errors, absence from work turnover and so on. Without a doubt, one of the biggest disadvantages is that poor work-life balance is poor employee performance. This reduces work quality, job satisfaction productivity and creates poor employee efficiency, poor employee effectiveness and, poor employee commitment. When an employee won't be able to give time to his family at home, he will feel stressed at work. A lack of work life balance has also an adverse effect on their employer's prospects for success in many respects. The main objective of this study is to carry out research on the Sri Lankan telecommunication industry and recognize the impact of work life balance on employee performance. The target population of this research is executive level married employees in telecommunication industry in Sri Lanka. This investigation area is used Cluster sampling method to select 2 major companies in telecommunication industry. (Dialog Axiata PLC and Sri Lanka Telecom – Sample Size 100) Data were gathered through questionnaire method and in this study, for the purpose of hypothesis testing the researcher use univariate, and bivariate statistics methods. The Data were analyzed through SPSS 20.0 software to find out the relationship between variables. Findings of the study reveal that there is a strong relationship between work life balance and employee performance. This relationship is positive and has significant level. The research findings give evidence that the better work life balance of the employees leads to increased employee performance.

Work-life balance in an industrial setting. Focus on advocacy.

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.