scholarly journals Academic and family disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A reflexive from social work

2020 ◽  
pp. 147332502097329
Author(s):  
Gabriela Rubilar Donoso ◽  
Caterine Galaz Valderrama ◽  
Catherine A LaBrenz
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Autobiographical Narratives ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Research And Teaching

This article presents a reflection of how processes to reconcile work-life balance among academic mothers have changed during COVID-19. We present three autobiographical narratives that explore adapting and adjusting to research and teaching during remote work, confinement, and caring for one’s children. Intertwined in these narratives are themes of disruptions, responsibilities, and discoveries through these processes to adapt to COVID-19 and ongoing social and political crises.

Quality of Work Life Balance of Employees and Challenges Faced while Transitioning to Remote Work

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
S.Deepa and Dr.S.Pougajendy
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Life Tasks

The success of any organization is highly dependent on how it attracts and motivates its employees. Today’s organization must be more flexible so that they are equipped to develop their employees and enjoy their commitment. A balance between two Significance areas of human life can be achieved only with a high quality of working life, but it is now subject to serious variations of the active spread of remote forms of employment. The article deals with studying the state of Quality of work-life balance during the period of changes in work life due to the pandemic of Covid-19, and the forced transition to remote work. Aim: 1. To identify the prevalence of dimensions of the quality of work-life balance. 2. To find the Challenges faced with working remotely. Methodology: Using Questionnaire, survey research was conducted over 106 employees. Data Analysis was done using Correlation Coefficient using IBM SPSS The study has made it possible to determine the Quality of work-life balance and the challenges faced due to the transition to remote work. Result: The relation between the dimensions and Overall Quality of work life Balance in the concern are positively correlated. A small division of workforce has few problems in balancing with the quality of work life while working remotely. Having time to multi-task work and life tasks, working remotely will support you to strike an improved life balance. Sincere effort in this direction will yield rewarding results.

Work-Life Balance Challenges

2022 ◽  
pp. 511-532
Author(s):  
Nihan Senbursa
Keyword(s):  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
International Level ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Remote Employees ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Contemporary Event

Within an ever-changing, digitalized world, the working methods have vastly changed over the last few decades. If the effects of a contemporary event such as COVID-19—the global pandemic started in the Hubei region of China at the end of December 2019—are considered, the changes have reached beyond just the practical logistics of working and crossed otherwise untouched social and emotional barriers. As a result of the pandemic, new working ways on an international level have become considerably more prominent. With the post-modern paradigm, organizations have focused on their employees and see them as stakeholders and developed a set of policies and standards under the guise of “an employee-friendly organization.” This chapter sheds light on strategies on how to maintain work-life balance in a virtual environment of remote work, new regulations, and the gaining importance of employee satisfaction, ensuring remote employees feel cared for, valued, and included.

WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (specjalny) ◽  
pp. 119-136
Author(s):  
Kinga Hoffmann-Burdzińska ◽  
Agata Austen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Research ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Qualitative Empirical Research ◽  
New Situation ◽  
Work And Life

The new reality resulting from COVID-19 has introduced changes in the functioning of many organizations, which has an impact on their employees. Observation of management practice shows the growing importance of remote work, often employees are also more workload due to the absence of colleagues. The new situation may also be accompanied by a higher than usual level of employees’ uncertainty about their jobs, especially when the activities of their companies have been limited or suspended. All of this is likely to affect the work-life balance of the employees. Qualitative empirical research has been carried out to understand the possible consequences of a (post) pandemic on work-life balance. Presented research make presents the potential effects of the new situation for the area of work and life of employees and work-life balance and indicate possible future directions of research in this field.

REMOTE WORKING AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE – THE REGULATIONS OF POLISH LABOUR CODE

2021 ◽  
Vol specjalny (XXI) ◽  
pp. 511-521
Author(s):  
Agata Ludera-Ruszel
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Organisation ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
The Right ◽  
Key Aspects

Work-life balance is one of the key aspects of rempote working which deserves our attentions. The current regulations of the Labour Code does not make any explicit reference to work-life balance idea. However, in the legislative changes during the last two decades there is a trend away to take better account of the values that underpin this idea, such as privacy, family and equality in employment and on the albour market. As if follows from the above considerations, in the regulations of Labour Code more emphasis should be put on the protection of employee working remotely against the clash between the professional and private spheres of employee’s life. This is the case for the rules for the use of remote work oand certain flexible forms of work organisation, which should be more „equal” in nature. Secondly, this i salso true for regulations on working time. The current regulations, that indirectly implement the right to disconnect, do not reflect specific risks for work-life balance, relating to the common use of information and communication technologies in employment relations.

scholarly journals Work-life Balance Under Conditions of Changes in the Quality of Working Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
Tatiana O. Razumova ◽  
Anna B. Aleshina ◽  
Maria A. Serpikhova
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Work Life ◽  
The Self ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Factors Affecting

Work-life balance is an indicator of satisfaction with human life as a whole and is becoming more relevant in socioeconomic conditions today. A balance between two important areas of human life can be achieved only with a high quality of working life, but it is now subject to serious fluctuations in conditions of active spread of remote forms of employment. The article deals with studying the state of work-life balance during the period of changes in the quality of working life due to the pandemic of «Covid-19» and the forced transition to remote work. In the theoretical part of the article the authors consider approaches to determining the main elements of the quality of working life and their indicators, identifying various aspects of the studying worklife balance. Labour quality indicators usually consider the ratio of working life to non-working life, but in this article the authors give evidence how the quality of working life can influence the achievement of work-life balance. In the practical part of the study, based on the author's survey, the main factors affecting the balance and quality of working life in the context of two-time intervals have been analyzed: before and after introducing of the self-isolation regime. The study has made it possible to determine changes in the work-life balance for different groups of employees due to changes in the main parameters of the quality of working life after the self-isolation regime was introduced and the transition to remote work occurred.

Compassion Satisfaction Among Social Work Practitioners: The Role of Work–Life Balance

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junghee Bae ◽  
Porter F. Jennings ◽  
Christi P. Hardeman ◽  
Eunhye Kim ◽  
Megan Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Social Work Practitioners
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