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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 attempted to chart a series of events, including the difficulties women face in the workplace, the causes of problems, and the solutions to problems, using the perspective of work-life balance, which is the balance between work and life, when returning to work after a leave of absence due to childbirth.
Abstract: This study attempted to chart a series of events, including the difficulties women face in the workplace, the causes of problems, and the solutions to problems, using the perspective of work-life balance, which is the balance between work and life, when returning to work after a leave of absence due to childbirth. It is also wanted to identify differences by nationality and the following questions were asked: 1) “What problems did female employees face when returning to work? How were they able to overcome the difficulties?” and 2) “Do different nationalities have different factors that cause the problems that women face when returning to work?” A total of two research questions were built. The qualitative research method TEM was used, which allows the analysis of background factors in choosing methods and means to solve difficulties. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight people, four Japanese women and four Chinese women, and TEM diagrams were created for all participants. Based on those data, common TEM diagrams were able to draw for a total of 5 time periods, from the period before they all joined the company to the period after the return problem was solved. Furthermore, common return-to-work problems were found, such as “unfamiliarity with work after returning to work”, “difficulties in work-life balance”, and “inability to work overtime”. We also found differences in factors such as timing of return to work” and “the role played by other members of the family”, depending on participants’ nationality. Finally, the limited number of participants and nationality setting in this study are research limitations, and future research will clarify the generalization of the factors found and compare them in a more multinational context. Likewise, a possible future research direction is to promote initiatives that take advantage of the “understanding of supervisors and work colleagues” and “use of childbirth experience” that made it easier for women to return to work, both of which were found in this study.

1 citations

Proceedings Article
01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: A scale to assess the work/life balance, developed by Pareek and Purohit (2010), has been administered on 200 employees of three manufacturing and IT companies to measure the work and life balance as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Work is part of life and today's work culture is characterized by uncertainties and long working hours. There is paucity of time for people to attend to their personal issues. Hence, having a balanced approach to life has become an important buzz word for organizations and employees. In this study, the researchers have made an attempt to find the level of Work/Life Balance of the employees of manufacturing and Information Technology (IT) sector. A scale to assess the work/life balance, developed by Pareek and Purohit (2010), has been administered on 200 employees of three manufacturing and IT companies to measure the work/life balance. A positive Work/Life Balance exists among employees of both manufacturing and IT companies.

1 citations

DissertationDOI
16 Jul 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore and deepen understanding of women academic and teaching staff's experiences of work and life outside work in Hong Kong and find that husbands/partners are willing to perform feminised roles by helping participants manage domestic duties in Chinese culture, while the availability of inexpensive paid domestic help enabled participants to better manage work and other aspects of life although participants were expected to be "superwomen" in managing all roles well.
Abstract: The higher education sector is characterised as competitive with heavy workloads and increased scrutiny of performance (Barcan, 2018; Gill, 2014). Yet this culture remains a relatively unexplored area in Hong Kong (HK) and the aim of this research is to explore and deepen understanding of women academic and teaching staff’s experiences of work and life outside work. The research questions were: 1). How do women academic and teaching staff view the notion of ‘work’? and 2). What are their experiences of work and life outside work under the trend of marketisation of education? An exploratory qualitative study of 15 participants working in higher education underpinned by social constructivism and relying on semi-structured interviews was adopted while thematic analysis was employed to analyse the data. Evidence of work intensification and extensification was found in participants’ accounts. However, differences were noted in terms of how participants explained their experiences of work with the negative experiences of teaching staff being closely associated with work intensification, extensification, and a perceived lack of recognition from management, whereas the positive experiences were linked with a strong professional work identity, personal achievement, ownership and a perceived tolerance of the work culture. A distinct finding was that husbands/partners were willing to perform feminised roles by helping participants manage domestic duties in Chinese culture, while the availability of inexpensive paid domestic help enabled participants to better manage work and other aspects of life although participants were expected to be ‘superwomen’ in managing all roles well. Life outside work experiences, which did not exclusively focus on childcare/family, were impacted particularly by the precarious nature of contracts. This thesis makes a contribution to the body of knowledge on work and life issues through exploring our understandings of the meanings attributed to work and life outside work experiences in the HK context.

1 citations

01 Jan 2011
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of level, tenure and marital status on work-life balance, health, job involvement, and conflict management style of the employees was studied, and the findings have implications for managing and implementing work-Life balance policies and programmes.
Abstract: 173 The aim of the present investigation was to study the impact of level, tenure and marital status on work- life balance, health, job involvement, and conflict management style of the employees. Based on sample size of 90 results depicted that Married and unmarried employees differ on work-life balance, total health, behavioral health, job involvement (questionnaire), Conflict management style (compromise and negotiation).Tenure of the employee significantly affects the work-life balance, health and its dimensions, job involvement (questionnaire & picture task) and conflict management (compromise & negotiation).M anagerial level significantly affects the work-life balance, health and its dimensions, job involvement (questionnaire & picture task) and conflict management (negotiation). Male and female employees differ on work-life balance, total health, beahvioural health, emotional health. The findings have implications for managing and implementing work-Life balance policies and programmes.

1 citations

Journal Article
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the influence of demographic factors (age, education, material status, job experience, income) on the satisfaction with work-life balance of women employees in private banks.
Abstract: Today with increasing demands at work place, the interface between work life and personal life assumed significance which demands, more attention different factors affect work-life balance and one set of factors could be demographic variables. The present article is also under the ambit of investigates the influence of demographic factor (age, education, material status, job experience, income) on satisfaction with Work-life balance. The primary objective of the study is identify the impact of demographic factors in taking-up of on Satisfaction toward work life balance of woman employees in private banks.. This study includes woman employees in banking sector in Batticaloa district as sample 150 woman employees from random sampling. The findings revealed that age, education, material status, job experience, income are the major factors influencing the work life balance of woman employees who are working in private banking sector in Batticaloa district, and they gain the moderate level of satisfaction toward work life balance.

1 citations


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