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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: Although work-life balance is an EU policy priority, within Europe there are considerable variations in the nature and extent of supports that national governments have offered to dual-earner families as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Although work-life ‘balance’ is an EU policy priority, within Europe there are considerable variations in the nature and extent of supports that national governments have offered to dual-earner fam...
424 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of selected high-performance practices and working hours on work-life balance were analyzed with data from national surveys of British employees in 1992 and 2000, finding that high performance practices have become more strongly related to negative spillover during this period.
Abstract: The effects of selected high-performance practices and working hours on work–life balance are analysed with data from national surveys of British employees in 1992 and 2000. Alongside long hours, which are a constant source of negative job-to-home spillover, certain ‘high-performance’ practices have become more strongly related to negative spillover during this period. Surprisingly, dual-earner couples are not especially liable to spillover — if anything, less so than single-earner couples. Additionally, the presence of young children has become less important over time. Overall, the results suggest a conflict between high-performance practices and work-life balance policies.
409 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the assumption that more and more work is being detached from place and that this is a "win-win" for both employers and employees, and they find that only one-third of the increase in remote working can be explained by compositional factors such as movement to the knowledge economy, the growth in flexible employment and organisational responses to the changing demographic make-up of the employed labour force.
Abstract: This paper critically assesses the assumption that more and more work is being detached from place and that this is a ‘win-win’ for both employers and employees. Based on an analysis of official labour market data, it finds that only one-third of the increase in remote working can be explained by compositional factors such as movement to the knowledge economy, the growth in flexible employment and organisational responses to the changing demographic make-up of the employed labour force. This suggests that the detachment of work from place is a growing trend. The paper also shows that while remote working is associated with higher organisational commitment, job satisfaction and job-related well-being, these benefits come at the cost of work intensification and a greater inability to switch off.
408 citations
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TL;DR: This article found that men who request a family leave are viewed as poor organizational citizens and ineligible for rewards, while women suffer from a poor worker stigma and agentic masculine traits (e.g., competitive and ambitious).
Abstract: Men who request a family leave are viewed as poor organizational citizens and ineligible for rewards. In addition to a poor worker stigma, we found that male leave requesters suffer femininity stigma. Compared with control targets, male leave requesters were viewed as higher on weak, feminine traits (e.g., weak and uncertain), and lower on agentic masculine traits (e.g., competitive and ambitious). Perceptions of weakness uniquely predicted greater risk for penalties (e.g., being demoted or downsized) and fully accounted for the effect of poor worker stigma on male leave requesters’ penalties. By contrast, the poor worker stigma and both agency and weakness perceptions contributed to their reward recommendations. Results were comparable regardless of the reason given for requesting a family leave, target race (White or Black), and participant gender. The implications of these findings for work–life balance and gender equality are discussed.
387 citations
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TL;DR: This national physician survey suggests that physicians can struggle with work–life balance yet remain highly satisfied with their career, and Burnout is an important predictor of career satisfaction, and control over schedule and work hours are the most important predictors of work– life balance and burnout.
385 citations