investigate the work-life balance changes within various countries. The most significant issue raised from the imbalance is long working hours. The more people work‚ the less time they have to spend on other activities‚ such as personal care or leisure. The amount and quality of leisure time is important for people’s overall well-being‚ and can bring additional physical and mental health benefits.There is no doubt that long-hour working hours could result in high stress at work and burnout‚ and work-family
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ISSN: 2319 – 7285 G.J. C.M.P.‚ Vol. 2(3) 2013:84-91 WORK- LIFE BALANCE: A LITERATURE REVIEW Satinder Singh Chief Engineer (Drilling) Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)‚ Cementing Services‚ Ahmedabad Asset‚ Ahmedabad & Pursuing PhD (Management)‚ Gujarat University‚ Ahmedabad Abstract The literature review on Work-life Balance has been framed up in view of its gained popularity with the major aim to have prosperity of society and the realization of fulfilling lives for its
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WORK LIFE BALANCE Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Introduction: Work Life Balance 3 3 Theories of Work Life Balance 4 i. Spill over theory 4 ii. Compensation Theory 4 iii. Strategic choice theory 4 iv. Stakeholder theory 5 v. Resource Based View 5 4. Work Life Balance Policies 6 5. Work life balance from an employee’s perspective 9 6. Work life balance from the employer’s perspective 10 7. Conclusion: Is Work life Balance
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WORK LIFE BALANCE The article talks about the importance of work life balance‚ especially in relation to India. In the Indian context‚ work life balance has many social and cultural connotations. There are many factors that need to be taken into account to understand work balance with respect to India better: India is a deeply religious country‚ housing abundant religions within itself and the most dominant of them is Hinduism. The caste system is also prevalent in India. In combination with the
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WORK LIFE BALANCE AT COLAS IN MAURITIUS WORK LIFE BALANCE AT COLAS IN MAURITIUS HP ID: 09 ID: 07 11/22/2012 HP ID: 09 ID: 07 11/22/2012 SEWSAGAR Nageshwar & AZAGEN R Report base on the course works with Mr Reessaul SEWSAGAR Nageshwar & AZAGEN R Report base on the course works with Mr Reessaul WORK-LIFE BALANCE Work-Life Balance: Engine of Engagement In a lean‚ 24-7 world‚ a work-life strategy is no longer a nice thing to have around but a necessity. The
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Chapter I: Introduction Work-life balance is a concept that supports the efforts of employees to split their time and energy between work and the other important aspects of their lives. It is a daily effort to make time for family‚ friends‚ community participation‚ spirituality‚ personal growth‚ self-care‚ and other personal activities‚ in addition to the demands of the workplace. Work-life balance will vary for each person and will change throughout life. It is a flexible working arrangement
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Bell‚ Rajendran & Theiler: Job stress‚ wellbeing and work-life balance of academics. 25 Job Stress‚ Wellbeing‚ Work-Life Balance and Work-Life Conflict Among Australian Academics Amanda S. Bell (amanda.bell@monash.edu) Faculty of Education‚ Monash University‚ Building 6‚ Clayton Campus‚ Wellington Road‚ Clayton 3168‚ Australia Diana Rajendran (drajendran@swin.edu.au) Faculty of Higher Education‚ Swinburne University of Technology‚ Melba Avenue‚ Lilydale 3140‚ Australia Stephen Theiler
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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Work life balance is the separation between the work life and the personal life. It is the boundary that is created between one’s profession‚ career‚ or business and every other segment that makes up the life. Work-life balance‚ in its broadest sense‚ is defined as a satisfactory level of involvement or ‘fit’ between the multiple roles in a person’s life. Work-life balance for any one person is having the ‘right’ combination of participation in paid work (defined by hours and
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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
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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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