Role of perceived work–life balance between work overload and career commitment

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-183
Author(s):  
Shobitha Poulose ◽  
Manoranjan Dhal
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Career Commitment ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Work Overload ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of the study is to examine the mediating effect of perceived work–life balance (WLB) between work overload and career commitment among law enforcement officers in India. The study also explores whether satisfaction with organizational WLB strategies moderates the relationship between work overload and perceived WLB.Design/methodology/approachThis research is based on a sample of 819 law enforcement officers through a structured questionnaire based data collection. The reliability coefficient of the scales varied between 0.86 and 0.94. The study adopted a hierarchical multiple regression analysis to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe result supported the mediating role of perceived WLB in the relationship between work overload and career commitment. It also demonstrated that the impact of work overload on perceived WLB would be diminished among employees having high levels of satisfaction on organizational WLB strategies.Practical implicationsThe research findings have significant policy implications for the organization under study and a reference for many others with deteriorating WLB to amend the existing policy or formulate new measures.Originality/valueThe present study expands the scant literature on the mediating role of perceived WLB between work overload and career commitment. The study also furthers the literature by exploring the moderating roles of WLB strategies between work overload and perceived WLB.

The mediating role of organizational embeddedness on the relationship between quality of work life and turnover

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 696-711 ◽  
Author(s):  
Decha Dechawatanapaisal
Keyword(s):  
Life Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Organizational Embeddedness ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating effect of organizational embeddedness in the relationship between quality of work life (QWL) and turnover under a foundation of conservation of resources theory. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected from 422 healthcare professionals through a questionnaire survey, and analyzed by means of a confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. Findings The results indicate that organizational embeddedness has a negative impact on employees’ intention to leave, and on actual turnover. For QWL perception, career opportunities, work life balance, and job characteristics are positive and significant predictors of organizational embeddedness. In addition, organizational embeddedness plays an intermediary role that mediates the relationship between the three components of QWL mentioned earlier and turnover intention, and also between the factor of career opportunities and actual turnover. Research limitations/implications The current research took place within two healthcare organizations. Replicating the study in a variety of business sectors or professions with a larger sample of subjects would be useful for the generalizability of the findings. Practical implications Organizations may improve their retention of employees by offering intrinsic resources that can be obtained from the social contexts of the individual through human resource management system, e.g., growth opportunities, a healthy and caring work life quality. Such motivational resources then develop a sense of obligation toward their places of employment, which influences their intention to stay or leave. Originality/value This study examines the mediating role of organizational embeddedness between employees’ perception of their work life quality and their desire and behavior to withdraw, which is an area of inquiry that has not been fully investigated in the literature.

scholarly journals Work–life balance, retention of professionals and psychological empowerment: an empirical validation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ansumalini Panda ◽  
Chandan Kumar Sahoo
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis study aims to explore the relationship between work–life balance and employee retention by examining the mediating role of psychological empowerment among software firms based in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study collected 283 responses by using a structured questionnaire and interview method. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to validate the hypothesized research model for examining the consistency and sturdiness of the study variables by applying AMOS 20.FindingsThe result reveals that psychological empowerment partially mediates the relationship between work–life balance and the retention of professionals. This indicates that a high degree of psychological empowerment strengthens the relations between work–life balance and the retention of professionals.Research limitations/implicationsThe research outlined a best-fit model of psychological empowerment as a partial mediator among work–life balance and the retention of professionals. The study presents a set of sensible and practical aspects where work–life balance and retention of professionals can aid in developing and generating commitment to the organization which could offer new insights for software professionals, managers and practitioners.Originality/valueThis study emphasized that psychological empowerment helps in enhancing dedication, loyalty, integrity, allegiance and trustworthiness among employees, thus playing a role between work–life balance and the retention of professionals.

Perceived work–life balance and organizational talent management: mediating role of employer branding

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamlesh Kumar Maurya ◽  
Manisha Agarwal ◽  
Dhirendra Kumar Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Talent Management ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Employer Branding ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the effect of perceived work–life balance on the perceived level of employer branding attraction valueand organizational talent management. Accordingly, the structural model is developed that delineates the interactions among these and explores the mediating effect of employer branding attraction value between the relationship of work–life balance and organizational talent management.Design/methodology/approachThis study is based on survey results and review of literature in terms of their implications for the proposed framework. Data have been collected by convenience incidental sampling from middle-level executives working in different information and technology (IT) companies. The model and posited hypotheses were tested through structural equation modeling analysis.FindingsPerceived work–life balance was found to be positive and significantly predicted the employer branding attraction value and organizational talent management. The study also showed that there exists a significant and positive correlation between employer branding attraction value and perceived organizational talent management. Further, employer branding attraction value found to be a mediating construct between the relationship of work–life balance and organizational talent management.Research limitations/implicationsThe present study will add insight into the human resource practitioners to design cost-effective and prolonged popular practices in order to meet the employees work and personal expectations under the organizational association. The research investigated issue within focused IT sector employees to understand and solve the issues generated with changing factors in an organizational environment such as increasing women participation, duel earning couple, and maintaining the difference between various categories of employees at the practice level.Social implicationsThe study has value at both the scholarly and practice level. At a scholarly level, the research investigated an important contemporary issue at both level individual as well as organizational level. In practice if organization implements people friendly work-life balance policies, then this will be surely be helpful in organizational productivity in form of talent management and employer branding and further this will improve the personal and professional performance of most elementary component of developing society.Originality/valueWork–life balance much more depends upon employees' perception, but so far the study has neglected the impact of this perception on other organizational attributes maintained under human resource management. Changes in demographic characteristics and interchangeable role of the youth population in organizations and society as well thrive for the newer approach to deal with the personal and professional aspects of the employees.

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Leisure Satisfaction between Work and Family Domain and Work-Life Balance

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwina Kong ◽  
Zaiton Hassan ◽  
Nur Fatihah Abdullah Bandar
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Job Involvement ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Leisure Satisfaction ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work Overload ◽  
Mediating Role

This study aimed to determine the mediating role of leisure satisfaction between work domain (work overload and job involvement), family domain (family workload and family support) and work-life balance among teachers in Kuching. Fifty employees responded to the self-administered questionnaire in one of a primary school in Kuching area. Data was analyzed Pearson Correlation, Regression and Sobel Test. Results indicated that work overload and family workload are negative and significantly influence employee work-life balance while job involvement and family support are positive and significantly effect work-life balance. This research revealed work overload, job involvement, family workload, family support, and work-life balance are partially mediated by leisure satisfaction. Thus, it is recommended for organizations to organize variety of leisure activities as a strategy to assist employees to improve work-life balance. Keywords: Work overload; Job involvement; Family workload; Family support; Leisure satisfaction; Work-life balance

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