scholarly journals The Interplay of Socioecological Determinants of Work–Life Balance, Subjective Wellbeing and Employee Wellbeing

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4525
Author(s):  
Ka Po Wong ◽  
Fion Choi Hung Lee ◽  
Pei-Lee Teh ◽  
Alan Hoi Shou Chan
Keyword(s):  
Time Allocation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Employee Wellbeing

Today’s workers are struggling to achieve a balance between their work and personal life roles because of both specific needs and limited resources. This study explored the socioecological factors that influence work–life balance (WLB) and how they operate. The relationships between WLB, subjective wellbeing, employee wellbeing and quality time allocation were examined. A total of 1063 responses were received, using an online survey. The results show that relational, community and societal factors directly influenced the individual factors and were indirectly associated with perceived WLB. Individual factors (i.e., personal feelings, behaviours and health) were found to be the crucial determinants of an individual’s perceived WLB. It was found that WLB positively correlated with employee wellbeing and quality and quantity of personal life-time. Subjective wellbeing was found to be a significant moderator in the relationship between WLB and its outcomes. This study demonstrated the process of how workers determine their own WLB by applying the socioecological framework for categorising the determinants and suggested new avenues that improve the whole wellbeing of workers and also foster long-term development of organisations.

Supportive supervisor to curtail turnover intentions: do employee engagement and work–life balance play any role?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raminderpreet Kaur ◽  
Gurpreet Randhawa
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Turnover Intentions ◽  
Supervisor Support ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Perceived Supervisor Support

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of employee engagement and work–life balance in perceived supervisor support and turnover intentions relationship.Design/methodology/approachThe perception of teachers on the constructs considered has been assessed by a survey using a structured questionnaire. Data were collected from the teachers of private schools of Punjab, India, and 375 were valid number of responses. Parallel multiple mediated regression was used to estimate the direct and indirect effects of perceived supervisor support on turnover intentions mediated through employee engagement and work–life balance.FindingsThe results reveal that the effect of perceived supervisor support on turnover intentions is indirect rather than direct. On the comparison of specific indirect effects, the results demonstrate that employee engagement and two dimensions of work–life balance (work interference with personal life and work–personal life enhancement) act as mediators in the perceived supervisor support and turnover intentions relationship.Practical implicationsSchool principals need to draft teacher-friendly policies for enhancing work–life balance and employee engagement so that teachers can feel satisfied with their work and can handle work and family demands. In this way, positive perceptions associated with high engagement and work–family balance can take place, which in turn can curtail the turnover intentions of teachers.Originality/valueThe use of employee engagement and work-life balance in the relationship of perceived supervisor support and turnover intentions is unprecedented. The study also considered three different dimensions of work–life balance and tested the model in an integrative manner. Since the study is based on an Indian sample, it also adds to growing literature on turnover intentions in nonwestern countries. The results are of great value to school managements, HR managers and policymakers who are seeking to develop practices that reduce employee turnover at workplaces.

scholarly journals Determinant and Consequence of Civil Servant Engagement: A Mediated-Moderated Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Hendrawati Hamid, Muhammad Ashoer
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Civil Servant ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Role Performance ◽  
Life Balance

Bureaucratic reform is continually echoed to meet demands of the masses for better functioning of the public sector service. To respond the afromentioned issue, this study adopted several important constructs in contemporary human resource management (work-life balance, engagement, in role-performance, and self-efficacy) and analyzed the mediation and moderation role in the context of civil servants. In addition, to collect primary data, an online survey method was used and distributed to Civil Servant (CS) within the scope of the provincial government of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. PLS-SEM based analysis was employed to test measurement and structural models. The results indicated work-life balance had a positive and significant effect on CS engagement but does not affect in-role performance. Furthermore, the role of engagement as a mediator and self-efficacy as moderator was confirmed to be significant. The discussion, implications, and recommendations for prospective study are discussed further.

scholarly journals Challenges for work–life balance during COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown: exploring gender difference in emotional exhaustion in the Indian setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 705-718
Author(s):  
Bhumika Bhumika
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Exhaustion ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Indian Setting ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work Interference

Purpose This paper aims to attempt to explore the nature of relationship between work–life balance and emotional exhaustion experienced by the employed individuals while working from home during the pandemic COVID-19 induced nationwide lockdown in the Indian setting. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 180 working professionals in North India who were working from home during the lockdown. PROCESS macro developed for SPSS was used to test the hypotheses. Findings Findings depicted that in comparison to men, women felt more emotional exhaustion due to personal life interference in work during work from home period. Surprisingly, the relationship between work interference with personal life, and emotional exhaustion did not differ by gender. It was found that the participative leadership could contribute to reduction of work interference with personal life, and through such an influence, emotional exhaustion experienced by an employee could be reduced to some extent. Originality/value Many previous studies have explored the nature of the relationship between work–life balance and emotional exhaustion, but rarely any study could cover any Pandemic affected working scenario. This study attempted to investigate such a relationship when employees were obligated to mandatorily work from home during the countrywide lockdown.

Work, health and the commodification of life's time: reframing work–life balance and the promise of a long life

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1458-1483 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON BIGGS ◽  
MICHAEL McGANN ◽  
DINA BOWMAN ◽  
HELEN KIMBERLEY
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
International Consensus ◽  
Demographic Ageing ◽  
Ageing Society ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Social Legitimacy ◽  
Long Life

ABSTRACTHow to respond to an ageing society has become an increasingly important question, for employers, workers and policy makers. Here we critically engage with that debate, arguing that future approaches to the relationship between work and age should take into account multiple influences on older worker behaviour, including the combination of economic, lifecourse and personal priorities. We consider the international consensus that has emerged about the primacy of work as the solution to what to do with a long life. We then address the uncertain nature of work as it affects older workers, and discuss the commodification of time in relation to a productivist approach to demographic ageing and the attitudes of older workers themselves. A tension is noted between pressures for continuity and discontinuity within the adult lifecourse which is often eclipsed within a policy discourse that tends to focus on continuity as a route to social legitimacy. Thinking about life-time as a meta-narrative, a tension between existential life priorities and commodification, may help to explain the ease with which ‘live longer–work longer’ policies both dominate and obscure the potential of a long life. Finally, we examine the implications for work–life balance and suggest this needs to be radically re-thought when addressing the purpose of a longer working life and the promise of a long life in general.

Are You in Balance!!

2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Supriya Jha
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Home Life

The expression "work-life balance" was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual's work and personal life. In the United States, this phrase was first used in 1986. As the separation between work and home life has diminished, this concept has become more relevant than ever before.

scholarly journals A Research on Work Life Balance of Employees Aruneshwara Hi-Tech in in Thiruvanamalai

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 5291-5294
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Sensitive Issue ◽  
Proper Balance ◽  
Work And Life

Work Life balance of an Employee is very important for any Organisation. Proper balance of Work and Life will automatically lead to higher yield. This Work Life Balance is a sensitive issue and there are many factors which ultimately lead to proper balance of Professional Work and Personal Life. These factors can be segregated as Demographic and Psychographic. The challenge is to find out the extent of impact of these two variables on the Work Life balance of an Employee and meet him at the point of his need. The below study is an analysis of the Work Life Balance of Employees working in Arunsehwara Hi-Tech in Thiruvannamalai.

scholarly journals A Study On Work-Life Balance In Working Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (7) ◽  
pp. 76-88
Author(s):  
N. Lakshmi ◽  
V. Sai Prasanth
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Knowledge Age ◽  
Plaster Bandage

The purpose of working women has changed throughout the creation due to economic shifts and social needs. This has resulted in a scenario in which working women have tremendous pressure to develop a career as robust as their male counterparts while nourishing active engagement in personal life. The ever-increasing workload is bringing a plaster bandage on the working women leaving them with less time for themselves. The increasing responsibilities on the personal front with the technological blessings like advanced mobile phones, notepads, etc. that keeps work life integrated with personal life also creates stress on personal and professional fronts in this knowledge age

scholarly journals WORK-LIFE BALANCE KONSULTAN PAJAK DI KANTOR KONSULTAN “X” DI SURABAYA

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thalia Febiola Putri ◽  
Yenny Sugiarti
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Financial Factors ◽  
Worker Satisfaction ◽  
Conditions Of Work

This study aims to determine the work-life balance and worker satisfaction for his work as a tax consultant. Factors that can affect the work-life balance are work environment, flexibility, financial factors, and work culture. The object of this research is “X” Tax Consultant Office in Surabaya. This study used qualitative methods using semi-structured interview and direct observation. Based on the result of interviews and observations obtained result that flexibility and work environment have a role in determining work-life balance this is also supported by work environment and work culture provided by “X” Tax Consultannt Office. The results showed that there were 2 conditions of work on tax consultants where there was a balance between work and personal life during the low season and imbalance during the peak season, however the consultants were satisfied with the overall work-life balance they were carrying out.

scholarly journals The Influence of Work-Life Balance with Work Motivation as Mediating Factor on Job Satisfaction A Prediction toward Transition to New Normal Situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Inayah Alfatihah ◽  
Antonius Soelistyo Nugroho ◽  
Elmarian Haessel ◽  
Anita Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Analysis Technique

This study aimed to examine the effect of work-life balance and work motivation on job satisfaction. The literature review used to discuss the dynamics between variables is work-life balance, motivation and job satisfaction. The approach to this research is quantitative, and the number of respondents involved in this study was 212 people who filled out the survey through an online survey. We collect data during new normal situations. The data analysis technique in this study refers to the structural equation model. The results obtained show that all hypotheses are proven. In other words, this study has shown that work-life balance affects job satisfaction, then work motivation affects job satisfaction, and work-life balance can mediate work motivation on job satisfaction.

scholarly journals Identifikasi Dimensi-Dimensi Work-Life Balance pada Karyawan Generasi Milenial di Sektor Perbankan

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143
Author(s):  
Seta A Wicaksana ◽  
Suryadi Suryadi ◽  
Aisyah Pia Asrunputri
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Balance Scale ◽  
Life Enhancement

Generasi milenial dalam bekerja tidak hanya berfokus pada tingkat penghasilan tinggi, akan tetapi mepertimbangkan kondisi keseimbangan antara pekerjaan dan kehidupan pribadi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengidentifikasi dimensi-dimensi work-life balance pada karyawan generasi milenial di sektor perbankan. Variabel work-life balance diukur dengan work-life balance scale yang terdiri dari empat dimensi yaitu work intereference with personal life (WIPL), personal life interference with work (PLIW), personal life enhancement of work (PLEW) dan work enhancement of personal life (WEPL). Data diperoleh melalui kuesioner online dengan metode accidental sampling. Penelitian ini melibatkan 172 karyawan generasi milenial (20-40 tahun) yang bekerja di sektor perbankan Jakarta. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dimensi WIPL (57,6% )  dan PLIW (54,1%)generasi milenial berada dalam kategori rendah. Sedangkan dimensi WEPL (63,4%) dan PLEW (54,7%) berada dalam kategori tinggi. Secara khusus work-life balance dapat menjadi preferensi bagi perusahaan dan generasi milenial untuk meningkatkan kualitas pekerjaan dan kesejahteraan individu.

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