scholarly journals Work-Life Balance in Great Companies and Pending Issues for Engaging New Generations at Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 5122 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández ◽  
Óscar Rodrigo González-López ◽  
María Buenadicha-Mateos ◽  
Juan Luis Tato-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Labor Relations ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
On Line ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Low Levels

The changing nature of employment and work causes new demands in society, such as work-life balance, that has emerged in labor relations as an important aspect of a healthy work environment. In this context, Best Companies to Work for are a reference in caring for their staff, and it is well known that new generations—that frequently use the Internet to be informed—are making their decisions as job seekers by checking and comparing corporate websites. In order to learn from the best companies, but also to discover what could be improved by identifying the gaps, this study observes the current work-life balance practices in the last Best Companies to Work for awarded by Fortune. The main contribution of this work is the development of a weighted index for benchmarking purposes considering the preferences of new generations at work. The study demonstrates that the best companies still report low levels of work-life balance information. The main implication drawn from the study, due the requirements of new generations at work and the rapidly emerging field of e-recruiting, is the need for human resource departments to fit work and personal life in a fluid way, while maintaining a healthy balance. It is also recommended for companies to improve their disclosure of work-life practices on line for attracting talent from Millennials and Generation Z.

scholarly journals The Development of a Tool to Monitor the Impact of Flexible Conditions, Including Remote Employment, on Youth Work-Life Balance Parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 03024
Author(s):  
Natalia Tonkikh ◽  
Tatiana Markova ◽  
Elena Zaborova
Keyword(s):  
Labor Relations ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Expert Survey ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
The Impact

Transformational processes in labor relations affect the employees’ social well-being. The published empirical works show that the values and perceptions of employment conditions differ among employees of various generations. The authors set the goal to develop and test a tool to monitor the work-life balance parameters of young people, belonging to the economically active part of Generation Z. The tool should be able to identify real and desired models of work-life balance and monitor well-being by satisfaction with the established ratio in the distribution of personal time over key areas that characterize the quality of life depending on the form and type of labor relations. When developing the tool, the authors paid special attention to the possibility of measuring the impact of modern flexible employment formats, including remote employment, on the social well-being of working youth of generation Z. The authors rely on the provisions of work/family border theory, generational theories and methods for assessing workplace toxicity. The application of sociological methods and instruments is justified. The authors developed a questionnaire for monitoring the satisfaction rate, tested during the pilot expert survey of young specialists in the Russian labor market by running a personal formalized survey. The respondents' responses were recorded in Google online questionnaire. An expert survey was conducted in May 2020. The results obtained confirmed that the tool allows to assess the required parameters. There was identified a positive relationship between flexible forms of employment and satisfaction with the work-life balance in the youth environment. Further research is considered to be promising.

scholarly journals A healthy work–life balance can enhance research

Nature ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 477 (7362) ◽  
pp. 27-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Overbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Healthy Work

Preventing Burnout

2015 ◽  
pp. 50-62
Author(s):  
Irene H. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Occupational Success ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Number Of Publications

The essential administrator in higher education must maintain a healthy work-life balance. The process of attempting to balance the demands and expectations of career, personal life, interpersonal relationships, partnerships, and family has been explored extensively over the last decade. Achieving a sense of work-life balance is both physically and psychologically necessary to promote life satisfaction, wellness, and occupational success. Many challenges and responsibilities confront administrators daily, some of which they have little or no control over and are commonly labeled as stressors. A large number of publications and media address the topics of stress and burnout-related health issues which may lead to chronic illnesses. This chapter explores stress and strategies to help individuals in administrative careers cope with the day-to-day stressful events and/or situations in their personal or work-life. The information included will dispel the idea, take two aspirins and call the doctor in the morning!

Work-family balance of female parliamentarians in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ummu Markwei ◽  
Michael Kubi ◽  
Benedicta Quao ◽  
Esther Julia Attiogbe
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Political Careers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Policies ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Work Family

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the challenges female parliamentarians in Ghana face in their attempt to balance their professions and families. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative study which explores the nature of strain female MP’s in Ghana encounter in their struggle to achieve a work-life balance. Findings It is concluded that most female parliamentarians in Ghana go through tough times in trying to juggle career with family life. The study revealed that the MPs adopt strategies such as prioritizing roles, limiting official duties at home and using social support to help them cope with the pressures of their roles. The organizational policies put in place to aid female employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance did not yield much result for the participants in this study. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in it being the first study that qualitatively explores the complex challenges female parliamentarians face in their political careers and family lives in Ghana.

Spreading Work and Supporting Incomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-148
Author(s):  
Cynthia Estlund
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
Healthy Work

Chapter 7 focuses chiefly on the project of work spreading—that is, shifting work from those with too much of it toward those with too little of it. The overall aim is to spread the benefits of both work and free time through a more equitable and healthy work-life balance across the society. Some work spreading can be accomplished by supporting workers’ own choices to work less; other work-spreading techniques will be more challenging and controversial, like those that take aim at the long-hours culture of many high-end workplaces. Work spreading needs to be coupled with income-support measures, which are briefly addressed here. But work spreading is the linchpin of mitigating the losses (in work and income) and spreading the gains (in free time) of a future in which machines gradually supplant human labor in a growing range of tasks.

Assessing the Impact of Mobile Technologies on Work-Life Balance

2009 ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Sharon Cox
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
The Impact

Mobile technologies such as laptops and mobile phones enable work to be conducted remotely, away from the normal working environment. Removing the geographical boundaries between work life and home life poses new challenges within the context of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This article proposes a multidimensional model for assessing the impact of mobile technologies on work-life balance considering social, organizational, legal, technological, and ethical issues to inform the development of human resource strategies.

Striking the work-life balance

2017 ◽  
Vol 181 (18) ◽  
pp. 489.2-489
Author(s):  
Nicky Mansell
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Healthy Work

Nicky Mansell, Young Vet Network representative on BVA Council, shares her tips for maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

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