Balancing work and life in highly demanding jobs--The role of leadership as a buffer

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Syrek ◽  
Ella Apostel ◽  
Conny Antoni
Keyword(s):  
Work And Life

Desert island data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Cohen ◽  
Joanne Duberley
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Desert Island ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Research Scientists ◽  
Radio Programme ◽  
Work And Life

Laurie Cohen and Joanne Duberley describe their use of an unconventional data source—a radio programme—to study celebrity careers. This source also includes music, which evokes memories, and elicits emotions not readily captured in conventional interviews. They used the archives of the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs to study the careers of well-known research scientists. The programme’s format has been consistent over its 70-year history; ‘castaways’ from all walks of life are interviewed about their careers and are asked to select eight pieces of music, which reveal many other aspects of their lives. This research focused on the relationships between work and life course, the notion of career as performance, and the role of emotion in the narration of career. Desert Island Discs is part of an extensive archive. As time and funding for research are tight, rapid no-cost access to such data is valuable.

Weekend Headache: A Possible Role of Work and Life-style

1999 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 398-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Torelli ◽  
Daniela Cologne ◽  
Gian Camillo Manzoni
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
Work And Life

scholarly journals Changing employment dynamics within the creative city: Exploring the role of ‘ordinary people’ within the changing city landscape

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 954-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Baum
Keyword(s):  
Labour Markets ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Employment Dynamics ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Creative City ◽  
Creative Workers ◽  
Real Challenge ◽  
Work And Life

This article is about creative cities and their largely invisible and largely neglected workforce, the ‘ordinary people’ who provide the work- and life-place services upon which creative workers depend. The article considers the nature of creative cities, their labour markets and the precarious nature of much employment within them. The ambiguous relationship between different employment groups within the creative city is illustrated. The analysis forms the basis for reaching conclusions and helping to formulate advice for policy makers in developing approaches that are inclusive and accessible. The article is set against and acknowledges the importance of the rising tide of populism as a real challenge to an elitist mainstream creative city discourse.

Who benefits from time-spatial job crafting? The role of boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, engagement and performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Jurgita Lazauskaite-Zabielske ◽  
Arunas Ziedelis ◽  
Ieva Urbanaviciute
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Job Crafting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Arrangements ◽  
Boundary Characteristics ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work And Life

PurposeUsing the theoretical framework of job demands-resources and boundary management, the purpose of this paper is to explore the moderating role of work and life boundary characteristics in the relationship between time-spatial job crafting, work engagement and job performance.Design/methodology/approachA total of 176 employees working in the IT sector and having an opportunity to use flexible work arrangements were surveyed online.FindingsWork and life boundary characteristics were found to moderate the relationship between time-spatial job crafting and work engagement as well as between time-spatial job crafting and job performance. Moreover, boundary characteristics moderated the indirect relationship between time-spatial job crafting and job performance through work engagement.Practical implicationsTime-spatial job crafting becomes a key strategy for maintaining work engagement and job performance, when work–life boundaries are less flexible and less permeable.Originality/valueThe study demonstrates that boundary characteristics determine the effects of time-spatial job crafting on work engagement and job performance.

scholarly journals The role of spirituality as a coping mechanism for South African traffic officers

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Jacobs ◽  
Annelize Van Niekerk
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Coping Mechanism ◽  
Adaptive Coping ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Interpretive Paradigm ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Work And Life

Traffic officers are faced with many stressful situations, yet each traffic officer might cope differently with these stressors. Spirituality is regarded as an essential defence in stressful situations. Therefore, this article provides a basic framework guiding traffic officers and practitioners, on how spirituality can be used as a coping mechanism when faced with various work-related stressors. An interpretative, qualitative study was conducted utilising purposive sampling in which 10 traffic officers participated in in-depth interviews. In line with the interpretive paradigm, data were analysed using content analysis. The research findings indicate when utilising spirituality to various degrees in their workplace, traffic officers displayed adaptive coping capabilities. Traffic officers associated less spirituality or a lack thereof with weaker coping capability. Furthermore, spirituality in traffic officers is informed by their spiritual or religious foundation, their purpose in work and life, their connection to a spiritual source, and the fruits of spirituality. The coping ability of traffic officers is influenced by their upbringing and background, by stressors in their work environment and by their coping mechanisms. The role of spirituality in the coping of traffic officers culminated in their ability to interpret the meaning of spirituality, and then implementing spirituality as a coping mechanism.

Why Are Proactive People More Satisfied With Their Job, Career, and Life? An Examination of the Role of Work Engagement

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 344-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Jawahar ◽  
Yongmei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds ◽  
Work And Life

This study is a response to the call to examine motivational mechanisms linking proactive personality and outcomes. We examined proactive personality as a dispositional antecedent of work and life satisfaction, asserting that work engagement mediates the proactive personality—satisfaction relationships. With data collected from 365 employees from diverse backgrounds, we found support for our research model. Results of structural equation modeling indicate that proactive personality serves as a dispositional antecedent of work engagement, and work engagement fully mediated proactive personality’s relationship with job satisfaction and partially mediated its relationship with career satisfaction and life satisfaction. We discuss implications of results for theory and practice and offer suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Saadat Hasan Manto, Partition, and Mental Illness through the Lens of Toba Tek Singh

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tahir Jokinen ◽  
Shershah Assadullah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Alcohol Addiction ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Work And Life

Abstract“Toba Tek Singh,” which describes the exchange of mental asylum inmates between India and Pakistan in the wake of partition, was perhaps Saadat Hasan Manto’s most well-known short story. Manto’s work was coloured by his experience of mental illness, including alcohol addiction and possible depressive disorder. This essay attempts to use “Toba Tek Singh” as a lens through which to shine an integrative light on the role of mental illness in Manto’s work and life, by discussing his personal experiences, themes of mental illness in the story, and the implications of his writing in the historical context of post-partition South Asia.

scholarly journals ENREDOS DE CRIAR: PALAVRAS DE ESCRITOR (PORTUGUÊS) SOBRE ARTES DE PINTOR (BRASILEIRO)

2003 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalva Calvão
Keyword(s):  
Artistic Work ◽  
Work And Life

Ao tecer considerações sobre a obra e a vida de Cândido Portinari, num texto em que admiração e homenagem se confundem com exercício crítico, José Cardoso Pires não apenas desempenha o papel de agente cultural, criando oportunidades de divulgação e de valoração do trabalho artístico, como evidencia o possível diálogo entre as culturas portuguesa e brasileira. Sobre essas questões desenvolvem-se as reflexões deste trabalho. ABSTRACT While making considerations about the work and life of Cândido Portinari, in a text where admiration and homage intertwines with the exercise of criticism, José Cardoso Pires not only plays the role of a culture agent, creating the opportunity to divulge and valorize the artistic work, but also makes evident the dialog between the Portuguese and Brazilian cultures. It is around these two themes that we have developed our work.

scholarly journals Editorial: Role of knowledge and learning systems in fostering work-life balance

2016 ◽  
pp. 213-215
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Work And Life

The ability of employees to effectively recognize, practice, and apply knowledge management (KM) and learning system principles accessible to them is a vital issue in improving work-life balance and providing strategies to enhance it. This issue has become obvious in efforts to apply information technology in the development of work-life balance policies through various learning systems. The victory and letdown of KM and work-life balance initiatives certainly depend on the deliberation of how these elements can be effectively designed and deployed to the general public in various industries. Work-life balance has become an imperative area of research that analyzes how these elements can be understood and applied to improve the aspects involved in one’s work and life. Such concept has also significantly emerged in recent years. In this special issue, several papers that focus on the budding concept of KM and work-life balance are presented. These articles particularly look into the theoretical and methodological approaches for studying work-life balance. A special focus of the issue is how these notions are practiced and can be personalized to improve work-life balance through KM and learning systems.

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