The Importance of Work-Life Balance in a Diverse Workforce The use of diversity programs has become the rising standard among professional businesses. Through the use of these programs‚ employers not only abide by legal requirements of local‚ state‚ and federal laws‚ but also help to increase their consumer base‚ workforce efficiency and effectiveness‚ and reduce employee turnover. One of the major components of successfully leveraging diversity is through the right work-life balance. This requires
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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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results in the light of the research work already undertaken. In this chapter‚ an endeavour has been made to provide an overview of various aspects of this study through the review of existing literature. The sources referred include various journals‚ books‚ doctoral theses‚ working papers‚ reports‚ magazines related to human resource‚ internet sites‚ newspapers etc. Bardoel et al. (2008) identified the major themes and research methods that have dominated work life research in Australia and New Zealand
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Quality of Work Life (QWL) is a philosophy‚ a set of principles‚ which holds that people are the most important resource in the organization as they are trustworthy‚ responsible and capable of making valuable contribution and they should be treated with dignity and respect. The elements that are relevant to an individual’s quality of work life include the task‚ the physical work environment‚ social environment within the organization‚ administrative system and relationship between life on and off
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ABSTRACT The study relate to the level of work-life balance of employees in Traffic Department at Chennai Port Trust. There is a vital need in order to know the balance level of employees with regard to both their work and family or personal life since they play a major role in the functioning of the organization. If the work-life balance level is high‚ the functioning of the organization will be in a smooth and proper manner. In this project‚ Descriptive Research
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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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A STUDY ON “QUALITY OF WORK LIFE” AT LUCAS- TVS‚ PADI By G.VIJAYALAKSHMI Register No: 32209631043 Of DHANALAKSHMI SRINIVASAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY Submitted to the FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the award of the degree Of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI – 600 025 AUGUST – 2010 DHANALAKSHMI SRINIVASAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOG. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES ECR‚ Mamallapuram‚ Chennai-603104 Phone:
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Work/Life Balance Steady by Jared Shelly | HRE Online June 04‚ 2008 The uncertain economy hasn’t negatively affected work/life balance policies on the whole‚ according to a recent study. But not all of the news is positive. Paid-time off for maternity leave has decreased and some of HR’s focus has shifted from work/life to wellness initiatives. Although the United States is in the midst of an economic downturn‚ the frequency of policies that promote work/life balance has not only held steady
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ABSTRACT Topic: Quality of work life in a Manufacturing Industry Quality of Life is the extent of relationships between individuals and organizational factors that exists in the working environment. Quality of work life is the extent to which workers can satisfy important personal needs through their experiences in the organization. It is focusing strongly on providing a work environment conducive to satisfy individual needs. It is assumed that if employees have more positive attitudes about the
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QWL can be defined as "the quality of relationship between employees and the total working environment.” According to J. LIoyd Suttle‚ (1974) Quality of work life is the degree to which members of a work organization are able to satisfy important personal needs through their experiences in the organization. Walton(1974) lists adequate and fair compensation‚ safe and healthy environment‚ jobs which are aimed at development using employee’s skills and abilities‚ growth and security‚ an environment
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