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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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20 Mar 2020
TL;DR: In this article, a mixed-methods research study was conducted to test the traditional concept of work-life balance, which suggests workers can experience better well-being by being able to psychologically switch on and off.
Abstract: The aim of this mixed-methods research study was to test the traditional concept of work-life balance, which suggests workers can experience better well-being by being able to psychologically switch on and off. Participants were 133 full-time workers, split into two groups according to where their job was performed strictly at their place of business, or from a combination of workplace and home. Each participant completed quantitative online surveys that measured their perceived stress, life satisfaction and job satisfaction. Results indicated participants who worked from a combination of the workplace and home had significantly greater job and life satisfaction levels than their workplace-based counterparts. However, no significant difference was found between the two groups on perceived stress. Participants also answered qualitative questions about how their job impacted their personal life, how their job might be changed to improve personal time, and what motivated them to work. A strong emergent theme centred around time. Many complained of long working hours, giving them very little time to spend with family, friends or on personal pursuits. For some, stress and worry about their jobs bled into their home life, culminating in moodiness and difficulty in psychologically switching off. Whilst others were happy with the balance between their working and private lives, many wished for fewer and more flexible working hours. Conclusions drawn suggest there is real merit in offering flexible constructs to today’s workers in order to harvest better psychological well-being in the workplace.

2 citations

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TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the commonalities and variances in the challenges experienced by the women engaged in diverse occupations during the COVID-19 pandemic in India and found that a relatively larger section of women travelling to their office during the pandemic, rather than those working from home, had an effective familial support system that helped them navigate this tough time.
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic generated economic contraction across the world. In India, the stringent lockdown led to extreme distress. The unprecedented situation adversely affected the women’s efforts to balance professional life with family life because of a disproportionate increase in their domestic work burden and a shift in their workstation to home. Since every job cannot be performed remotely, women employed in healthcare services, banks and media witnessed additional risks of commuting and physical interaction at the workplace. Based on personal interviews of women in the Delhi-NCR region, the study aims to explore the commonalities and variances in the challenges experienced by the women engaged in diverse occupations. Using the qualitative methodology of flexible coding, the study finds that a relatively larger section of women travelling to their office during the pandemic, rather than those working from home, had an effective familial support system that helped them navigate this tough time.

2 citations

16 Oct 2007
Abstract: In Australia, the federal government is attempting to strengthen families at a time when women and men have greater choice in terms of how they conduct their personal relationships. This article compares the 'soft' social policies that provide family relationship programs with the 'hard' economic policies of labour market reforms. It analyses some of the policies that affect work life balance, demonstrating that while the federal government is prepared to invest in programs to strengthen family relationships, it does not invest sufficiently in other measures such as family friendly work policies and paid maternity leave. The government's rhetoric promotes the wellbeing of 'the family'; its policies do not. On the one hand, the government attempts to encourage robust relationships by investing in early intervention programs. It has also recently invested in Family Relationship Centres to facilitate the process of family relationships breakdown. On the other hand, it is increasing the demands on labour. These policies are inconsistent in supporting families. In fact, there is a lack of wholeof- government policy development dealing with work and family issues. Consequently, individuals attempting to manage their private relationships and working lives often have inadequate options when endeavouring to balance the two.

2 citations

Dissertation
29 Aug 2018
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored work-life balance and organisational commitment of employees working in American software companies in Ireland, and developed a conceptual framework examining external factors, individual factors, different types of benefits and mediators for utilising worklife balance programs.
Abstract: The study explores work-life balance and organisational commitment of employees working in American software companies in Ireland. The researcher developed a conceptual framework examining external factors, individual factors, different types of benefits and mediators for utilising work-life balance programmes. The researcher chose an exploratory phenomenological research approach for this study. Seven employees participated in semi-structured interviews, from 4 different organisations. The researcher sought a balance of male and female participants, parents and individuals without children, managers and employees. The results indicate that work-life balance and organisational commitment cannot be viewed in isolation. The main differences were found between working parents and individuals with no children with regards to their perceived experience of worklife balance and organisational commitment. In addition, the influence of technology and flexible working provided challenges and opportunities to workers. While workers were conscious of the negative effects of technology, specifically with regard to switching off after work, commitment levels were not affected by this. Further influence factors, such as organisational culture or quality of work contributed towards employee commitment. The developed framework proved useful throughout the research and together with the empirical findings contributed to the growing collection of literature on worklife balance and organisational commitment.

2 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focused on an emerging developing country by focusing ten leading corporate firm's female employees of the several level of the hierarchy, who were interviewed with a structured questionnaire and data was analyzed by statistical tools (SPSS).
Abstract: Comparatively, women's participation in employment has been more in the service sector. After entering in professional life, it turns into a struggle for female employees to create a balance between professional and personal life. In particular, the women of developing countries who can’t set boundaries between personal responsibility and professional duty that ultimately affect employees' attitudes and behavior away from the office. Work life balance is highly desirable for women employees in current circumstances. Without job satisfaction and consistency in life, it creates a dilemma for working women. This paper attempts to identify key factors and challenges that feel overwhelmed to the female by continuous pressure derived from the high expectations of the job. In this study, researchers bring out the concentration on an emerging developing country by focusing ten leading corporate firm's female employees of the several level of the hierarchy. The respondents were interviewed with a structured questionnaire and data was analyzed by statistical tools (SPSS) for both descriptive & inferential. Multiple regressions were run to measure the relationship between the identified factors and its impacts on employee's efficiency. The result reveals that due to the personal and professional imbalance, female employees can't deliver their best effort to the organization and thus work-life conflict downwards female employees' career progress as well as the productivity of the organization.

2 citations


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