A federal reserve bank study found that effective worklife balance resulted in a 10. Worklife balance a case of social responsibility or. The other prong of worklife balance, which many individuals overlook, relates to what individuals do for themselves. The academic body of knowledge regarding worklife scholarship relies. Worklife balance, workstudy interface, gender, stress. As a term in its own right worklife balance is rarely defined for reasons that will become clearer as the discussion progresses.
Worklife balance is an important topic in both professional business practice and academic research. Each case highlights the conditions and requirements necessary to make work life programs and practices successful. As the children of the baby boomers, gen xers typically born around the years of 1961 and 1980 grew up witnessing the long hours and poor worklife balance of. The various factors affecting the worklife balance of married working women have been examined in this study. Work life balance is the most emerging issue now days.
It is an important concept in the world of business as it helps to. Finally, i would like to thank all employees who took part in this study. Objectives investigate the worklife balance of doctors in training in the uk from the perspectives of trainers and trainees. The intersection of work and life research is fundamentally challenged by a lack of commonly established basic language and key constructs. Karthikeyan 2 abstract in organizations and on the home front, the challenge of worklife balance is rising to the top of many employers. Many organizations have become more aware of the growing need for work and life balance for their employees. Worklife balance in an industrial setting sage journals. Impact of worklife imbalance on job satisfaction and. This case study series explores worklife balance and flexible work arrangements. Particpants completed a demographic survey, work life balance scale, work study interface scale, perceived stress scale, and satisfaction with life scale. Here are a few ways you can achieve a worklife balance that works for you, so you dont end up burned out and overwhelmed, and so you dont put. The statutory right to request flexible working the right to request flexible working is a statutory right for any employee who has worked. The role of working women has changed throughout the world due to economic conditions and social demands.
Worklife balance jonny gifford over recent years, demographic changes, a more diverse workforce, business imperatives and government policy have all been driving work. Taking a look at the ways companies can help us and them at the same time, this quiz and corresponding worksheet will help you gauge your knowledge of promoting worklife balance in organizations. The employees satisfaction is based on the employee to be happy and deliver the level best. According to jim bird, ceo of 1, work life balance is meaningful achievement and enjoyment in everyday life. Do you feel work life balance policy in the organization should be customized to individual needs. Design qualitative semistructured focus groups and interviews with trainees and trainers. A crosssectional survey of 1,202 nurses 81% response rate was conducted in three japanese acute care hospitals. The importance of worklife balance and how to achieve it. It starts by exploring why worklife balance has become an important topic for research and policy in some countries and after outlining traditional perspectives examines the concept of balance and its implications for the study of the relation between work and the rest of life. Clarke, et al 2004, 121 to understand worklife balance, it. According to jim bird, ceo of 1, worklife balance is meaningful achievement and enjoyment in everyday life. Increasing work pressures, globalization and technological advancement have created lot of imbalances in the life of both the gender, for all.
Do you think that if employees have good worklife balance the organization will be more effective and successful. It focused on worklife balance and its relationship with family. This study investigated the status of worklife imbalance among hospital nurses in japan and impact of worklife imbalance on job satisfaction and quality of life. Worklife balance, work stress, worklife conflict, career growth, turnover, absenteeism, worklife policies. Balance in work and family life is an emerging challenge for both.
An overview of issues relating to and factors affecting the concept of. The other prong of work life balance, which many individuals overlook, relates to what individuals do for themselves. The general dissatisfaction of employees worldwide. However, work life balance is a two prong approach. The evolving definition of worklife balance forbes. Project report on work life balance linkedin slideshare. This has resulted in a scenario in which working women have tremendous pressure to develop a career as robust as their male counterparts while. Just seeing how much leisure time they had often made the participants feel better immediately. In their highly acclaimed book, work and familyallies or enemies, friedman and greenhaus 2000, two leaders in worklife balance, bring. In industries that prize overwork, both men and women pay the price of missed time with family. Specific variables of study were worklife balance, home and worklife stressors, critical points of the life cycle, organizational factors, and the employers role. The results indicated that in both work life balance and work study interface, working female online students had higher levels of. A study conducted by ucl of more than 10,000 participants stated that whitecollar workers who worked three or more.
A recent study using this technique found that women who reported having a good worklife balance and those who felt that they were spending too much time at work actually had very similar diaries. The role of worklife balance practices in order to. It starts by exploring why worklife balance has become an. The worklife balance definition sets out to achieve an ideal balance between a persons working life and private life. This study explores the dimensions of the worklifestudy balance and its influence on student participation in higher education, through a case study of the experience of higher education students, studying both full time and part time, in a scottish further education college.
According to a study by the families and work institute, three out of five men reported some or a lot of stress related to workplacefamily life balanceabout 25% more than in the late 1970s. According to a 2014 study, americans now work 47 hours a week on averageone of the highest numbers in the world. According to a major canadian study conducted by lowe 2005, 1 in 4. In addition, industrial social workers should educate bankers on how to balance their work.
Some studies, however, do not8 support a positive relationship between worklife balance and productivity, for example a study of 732 manufacturing organisations in the us, france, the uk and germany found no direct relationship between worklife balance policiesinitiatives and. A study on selected public and private sector undertakings. It is a concept in which the maximum happiness of an employee acts as the fuel for productive and fulfilling work, for which both employer and employee are responsible. The study concluded that worklife balance policies did not influence employee commitment that much. Many authors attempt to define worklife balance policy or worklife balance arrangements. Effects of work life balance on employees performance in. It was therefore recommended that bankers should benefit from paternity leave, study leave and parttime work to enhance worklife balance. Productivity increased up to 30% in a study on telework pittcatsouphes, marchetta. The problem identified in this study is poor working organizational culture in the commercial banks which may not encourage various types of work life balance practices. The specific objective of this research is to determine the extent to. Work life balance encourages employees to divide their time on the basis on priorities and maintain a balance by devoting time to family, health, vacations etc along with making a career, business travel etc.
Case study series on worklife balance in large organizations. Our earnings ensure that the lights stay on, theres food on the table and the rainyday pot is full. This paradigm shift has seen the introduction of worklife policies. Work life balance is a challenging issue for it professionals whether male or female as increasing working hours and monitoring the hours worked are far more rigorous than ever before. Flexible working and worklife balance 5 more and more roles could be compatible with some forms of flexible working arrangement.
Work life balance is a method which helps employees of an organization to balance their personal and professional lives. The study may also provide an understanding of the dynamic of the worklifestudy balance for the students themselves. By 2025, 75% of the global workforce will be comprised of millennials. Malgorzata kluczyk masters in business administration 20.
The current study is considered to be vital in understanding the empirical knowledge regarding the relationship between worklife. Pdf perspectives on the study of worklife balance researchgate. The field of study about the worklife balance has had difficulty in establishing a commonly. New research on worklife balance from harvard business school faculty on issues including how best to deal with todays 247 work culture, the concept of leaningin, and how to build a business in the context of a life. Setting postgraduate medical training in london, yorkshire and humber, kent, surrey and sussex, and wales during the junior doctor contract dispute at the end of 2015. Worklife balance is an important topic in both professional business practice and.
The findings of the study revealed that worklife balance has positive and significant relationship with job performance in overall. Sultanate, and hence, a study on worklife balance is both timely and. Perspectives on the study of worklife balance article pdf available in social science information 412. Identifying the factors affecting worklife balance of. When we looked at our own data, we found the average knowledge worker spends just over 5 hours a day on their computers alone.
Synopsis of the thesis submitted for the award of the. For women the numbers have stayed virtually the same, at around 45% our workplace policies. Work life balance of employees a study on selected public and private sector undertakings synopsis of the thesis submitted for the award of the degree of doctor of philosophy. Participants were selected from both the teaching and nonteaching staff. Work life balance of women employees plays the major role because they have to manage their personal life for their good quality of life. Pdf worklife balance is considered to be important for both, business practice and academic research. Studies show that when physicians identify the part of their work that they find meaningful and perform it at least 20% of the time, they are far less likely to burn out that those who do not do so. The state of work life balance in 2019 according to data. Individuals increasingly expect to have the time and energy.
The importance of worklife balance the happiness index. The study examined work life balance and employee performance in selected commercial banks in lagos state. This study explored trends such as migration, aging and fertility. In academia, worklife has become a topic of import, so much that over the past decade, workfamily balance policies have become a popular faculty recruitment tool for research universities sallee, 2008, p.
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