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.

Unequal but balanced: Highly educated mothers’ perceptions of work–life balance during the COVID-19 lockdown in Finland and the Netherlands

Abstract: One year after the European work–life balance directive, which recognises the need for work–family policy support, measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic began shaping parents’ work–life balance in significant ways. Academically, we are challenged to explore whether existing theoretical frameworks hold in this new environment with combined old and new policy frameworks. We are also challenged to understand the nuanced ways in which the first lockdown affects the combination of paid work and care. We address both of these issues, providing a cross-sectional comparative analysis of highly educated mothers’ perceptions of work–life balance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland and the Netherlands. Our findings show that highly educated Finnish mothers have more difficulty combining work and care during the first lockdown than Dutch mothers. The absence of state-provided care during the lockdown creates greater difficulty for full-time working Finnish mothers in a dual-earner/state-carer system than an absence of such care in the Dutch one-and-a-half earner system, where most mothers work part time. Further analyses suggest variation in part-time and (nearly) full-time hours mitigates the work–life balance experiences of highly educated Dutch mothers. Additional factors explaining cross-country variation or similarities include the presence of young children and the presence of a partner. We discuss these findings in light of current theoretical frameworks and highlight avenues for future research.

Work and Home Demands on Work-Family Conflict Among Academicians in Achieving Work-Life Balance: A Conceptual Study

Abstract: The issues related to work-life balance have become a phenomenon and received substantial attention over recent years. Working individuals have to juggle work and home demands in their lives in order to balance them. It is possible for individuals to be out of balance, feel tired, and not be able to manage their lives efficiently. As a result, individuals who are practicing multiple roles inevitably experience conflicts which could further jeopardize their quality of lives. Hence, this paper aims to propose a conceptual framework by investigating the effect of work and home demands on work-family conflict in achieving work-life balance among academicians. The individual’s level of job involvement, work-role conflict, and work overload are identified as the sources of work demands, whereas the family involvement and family conflict are taken as home demands. Three forms of work-family conflict are also discussed in this paper due to combining work and home demands. Practically, there is an urgent call for an organization to find flexible and innovative solutions that would enable employees to achieve work/family balance. In short, helping employees to achieve a certain level of work-life balance could go far in increasing employee’s work and life satisfaction.

The impact of stress and work life balance on job satisfaction among female faculty at select arts and science colleges in coimbatore district

Abstract: In this machine-driven world women have a multi-facet role in their day to day life as homemakers; they have to discharge their family responsibilities at home and perform their official duties at the work place. Irrespective of gender, work-load is equal for all faculty at Arts and Science Colleges. As a result, they may find it difficult to balance their work and private life. As a result, they suffer from stress. Hence, an attempt has been made to identify the impact of Stress and Work Life Balance (WLB) on job satisfaction. The result of the study shows that WLB and Stress significantly influence Job Satisfaction.