The effective management of employees’ work-life balance requires organisations to recognise and account for the array of non-work roles that impact their working-lives. Despite the literary attention given to the ‘work-life balance’ in recent years‚ however‚ contemporary authors still note the concept’s inadequacy both in terms of its definition and administration. In order to explore the boundaries of contemporary ‘work-life balance’‚ this paper adopts an Organisational Role Theory (ORT) perspective
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that make them unique‚ like their own languages‚ their own government (the Cordillera Administrative Region)‚ their own clothing‚ and their cuisine. (http://rexcrisanto.com/ik-cause/who-are-igorots) Culture is one of the elements in people’s ways of life that normally remains unchanged. It distinguished human beings’ lifestyles and dictates one’s relationship with other people. Culture makes individuals‚ families and tribal group unique. But foreign influences and education have reshaped people’s cultures
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Jose Rizal: His Life‚ Works‚ and Writings Dr. Jose Rizal was born on June 19‚ 1861‚ in the town of Calamba‚ Laguna. He was the seventh child in a family of 11 children (2 boys and 9 girls). Both his parents were educated and belonged to distinguished families. He was an excellent student‚ starting with formal schooling in Biñan then‚ attending the Ateneo Municipal de Manila later‚ the University of Sto. Tomas. He continued his studies at the Universidad Central de Madrid‚ Spain‚ where he earned
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commitment. Therefore organizations are required to adopt a strategy to improve employees Quality of Work Life to satisfy both the organizational objectives and employee needs. Quality of work life refers to the favorableness or un-favorableness of a job environment for people. It is viewed as an alternative to the control approach of managing people. It is an approach by the management that motivates the work force. The QWL approach considers people as an “asset” to the organization rather than as “costs”
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Subject: Work/ Life Balance What is the most important thing in your life? Family‚ Love‚ Money‚ career‚ or Heath? I think the answer will be different for different gender‚ ages‚ and situation. For most people over 30‚ I think the majority would say Career is the major focus. Yes‚ this is understandable and reasonable. Career somehow brings us recognition‚ satisfactions and wealth. We need that to support our living‚ without that‚ we can’t do what we want to do. But while you focus
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O. Henry was a prolific American short-story writer‚ a master of surprise endings‚ who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot‚ which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance‚ is typical of O. Henry’s stories. Born September 11‚ 1862 as William Sidney Porter‚ he later changed to his pen name of O. Henry. ^ He spent his childhood in North Carolina. He was formally educated until he dropped out of school at fifteen and became a pharmacist at his uncle’s pharmacy
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Balancing Work Life and Home Life The purpose of the article is to discuss what organizations can do to adopt more effective management of professional and private life. Organizations need to help employees define the boundaries between home and work. These boundaries should be more flexible than they currently are‚ the value of transition time between home and work should be recognized‚ and family should
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stress and work-family conflict Raja Abdul Ghafoor Khan (Corresponding Author) MS Scholar‚ University of Lahore‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: ghafoor724@gmail.com Furqan Ahmad Khan MS Scholar‚ University of Lahore‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: fani_1987@hotmail.com Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan Associate Professor‚ Preston University‚ Islamabad Pakistan E-mail: aslamnuml@yahoo.com Mohsin Shakeel MS Scholar‚ University of Lahore‚ Islamabad‚ Pakistan E-mail: mohsen.shakeel@gmail.com ABSTRACT Stress‚ work-family
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Geoffrey Chaucer (born 1340/44‚ died 1400) is remembered as the author of The Canterbury Tales‚ which ranks as one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer made a crucial contribution to English literature in using English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin. The known facts of Chaucer’s life are fragmentary and are based almost entirely on official records. He was born in London between 1340 and 1344‚ the son of John Chaucer‚ a vintner. In
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Research on Relationship Quality of Work Life and Work Engagement Selahattin Kantena‚ ‚ ‚ Omer Sadullahb a Mehmet Akif Ersoy University‚ Zeliha Tolunay Higher School Of Applied Technology and Management‚ Burdur 15000‚ Turkey b Istanbul University‚ School Of Business‚ Istanbul 34000‚ Turkey Abstract Literature on Quality of Work Life (QWL) is limited and several studies commonly correlates with some variables but no study on QWL has associated with work engagement. This research investigates
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