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.

Integration or collision? : middle managers' concerns for work-life balance

Abstract: As increased work demands and longer working hours become the reality for many employees, the concept of work-life balance has received increasing attention. This paper presents findings from an exploratory study of Australian middle managers, which investigated the impact of middle managers’ daily organisational experiences on their lives both in and beyond the workplace. We focus on respondents’ concerns for the encroachment of work on their personal lives, both through the advent of new technologies and the introduction of flexibility initiatives in the workplace. The unwelcome effects of frustration, stress and fatigue highlight the need for organisations to gain a better understanding of employees’ experiences related to work-life balance.

Work life balance of women in bpo sector

Abstract: The Indian women, who were confined only to the socially acceptable jobs like banks, teaching, nursing etc., are now stepping into various sectors. Managing work and family responsibility can be very difficult for the women employees in dual income families. Professional women especially working mothers has to perform multiples roles in balancing their work life and personal life. The results reveal the picture of difficulties faced in balancing the work demand and the life (family) responsibilities. There was high correlation between the difficulties faced and the balancing act to be performed. Women have now become a visible part of the workforce. Worklife balance necessarily means spending time with family, leisure time, time for spiritual development, time for own interest etc., 70% of the respondents strongly agree that it is difficult for them to get involved with their spouse and children.

Disability and work-life balance: a case study of abc university

Abstract: This study focuses on the use of work-life balance practices by disabled and non- disabled employees in a higher education workplace. It aims to identify the reality of work-life balance in an organisational context which should promote equal opportunities by law, as stated in the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. Several conclusions can be made. The study finds that there is no significant difference in the take up rates of work-life balance practices between disabled and non- disabled employees. Moreover, this study did not find any gender differences within the disabled employees in the use of flexible arrangement but it is evident that the use of these practices is mainly linked with the occupation, suggesting that academics are more likely to use such practices than employees in administrative posts. Reasons for not using flexible working arrangements were similar between disabled and non-disabled employees and consist of organisational culture, the role of line managers and employee’s awareness. However, business case was proven to be the most significant barrier for the introduction of such practices and their use by employees of both disabled status.

Factors Influencing Work-Life Balance of Women Educators: A Case Study

Abstract: This paper examines the issues associated with the work-life balance of women faculty members in an autonomous engineering college. The work, using various statistical techniques (anova, t-tests, correlation and regression), conducts two types of analyses viz. basic, which deals with the analysis of WLB issues; and composite, which deals with the evaluation of predicted antecedents and consequence of WLB. The study also identifies that the WLB of 'married without children' respondents is inferior to that of 'unmarried' respondents. Introduction "Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work"--Aristotle The concept of work-life balance (WLB) symbolizes the conditions reigning in the workplace of an organization that assist its employees reach a symmetry between the conflicting demands of their workplace and family lives. Yet, WLB is not about working less, it's rather about working 'smart', so that individuals energize themselves and give everything that needs for both work and home, without jeopardizing one for the other (Grosen, 2005). Most working people struggle to successfully balance their work and life domains. A recent survey reports that seven out of ten American workers struggle to reach an acceptable balance between workplace and family life (Kelly et al., 2014). This is invariably true for working women who accept to fulfil more obligations than men, particularly along their personal front. In most societies, work-life conflict seems to be quite high in the case of working women as they do most of the work associated with the household activities, apart from taking care of children, older family members, and other dependents (Sanghamitra, 2009). Furthermore, the working environment at colleges of higher education has become very complex nowadays, as teachers suffer heavy workloads in comparison to their salaries. As the pressure of work is insurmountable even in academics, women faculty members find it extremely difficult to discharge the myriad dimensions of work and life effectively (Leena & Sudhir, 2012). Even Harvard University is of no exception in this regard. The Sociology Professor Michele Lamont says "life is a constant 'dance' for faculty who are women and have families to fulfill Harvard's expectations for its faculty and still care for their families" (Aspelund & Bernhard, 2015). Hence, without the presence of a wide-ranging support, working women predominantly those in teaching jobs cannot achieve WLB. It is also true that an individual's work-life balance varies eventually. At different stages of career and age, different factors become significant. For instance, the right balance for an individual when he/she is single will be dissimilar from those when he/she gets married or when he/she is approaching retirement. The right balance is also different for different individuals. There is no one work-life balance that fits all because all of us have different priorities and different styles of life (Tanuja, 2009). In this background, the present work tries to critically analyze as to what extent certain factors influence WLB of women educators in different settings. Objectives of the Study i) To compare the work-life balance perceptions held by different groups of women faculty members working in the selected educational institution. ii) To assess the impact of different factors on work-life balance of the respondents. ii) To discuss the implications of the study. Sample The survey was conducted by administering a self designed questionnaire and semi-structured follow-up interviews, during 2012-2013 among all the 38 women faculty members present in both engineering and non-engineering departments of the autonomous engineering college in which the authors are working as faculty members. Faculty members with less than one year experience were not admitted to the study. The sample achieved for the study is 27 with a response rate of 71 per cent. …