scholarly journals Work-Family Balance and Life Satisfaction of Married Working Women by Cluster Types Based on Career Persistence Motivation and Social Supports

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-141
Author(s):  
Jaesun Moon ◽  
Jungyoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Social Supports ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Career Persistence ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

scholarly journals Work and Family: The Perception of Balance Among Female Teachers in Northern Malaysia

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azelin Aziz ◽  
Artemis Chang
Keyword(s):  
Working Women ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Cross Culture ◽  
Traditional Gender Role ◽  
Female Teachers ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Role Demands

Women’s participation in paid employment has become a common scenario even in non-western developing countries. For example in Malaysia, the trend is growing although the traditional gender role remains strong in Malaysian society. Even though working, women are still expected to assume major responsibilities at home. Thus, as opposed to men, women in this society face the challenge to satisfactorily balance work and family. This study was carried out to explore how Malaysian women perceive the meaning of a balanced work-family life. Sampling women teachers, the interview findings revealed that work-family balance was mainly perceived in terms of an individual’s ‘ability to fulfill role obligation’ appropriately in both the work and family domains. A few participants also viewed balance in the context of role satisfaction and role interference. Overall, the results support the assumption in the literature that perceptions of work-family experience are not universal, rather, the construct of work-family balance is culture-specific.   Keywords: Work-family interface, cross-culture, role demands.

scholarly journals Relationships between Work-Family Balance, Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction and Work Engagement among Higher Education Lecturers

Organizacija ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-237
Author(s):  
Jasmina Žnidaršič ◽  
Miha Marič
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family

Abstract Background and Purpose: Our research examines the impact of work-life balance on work engagement, both direct impact as well as through job and life satisfaction. The main aim of our research is to empirically test relations between work-life balance, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and work engagement among higher education lecturers from Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Serbia, and Slovenia. Methods: Using validated questionnaires, we collected data on work-life balance, job satisfaction, life satisfaction and their work engagement. The quantitative data for our analysis were collected through a survey of 164 online participants. Based on an extensive literature review, we have formulated five hypotheses, which we tested in one structural model by using structural equation modelling (SEM). Results: Our findings show that an increase in work-life balance positively relates to life and work satisfaction and that life satisfaction leads to an increase in work engagement. Conclusion: The knowledge of important impact of work-life balance, together with the understanding of the relations between the researched constructs of work-life balance, life satisfaction, job satisfaction and work engagement, can strengthen teachers’ work engagement by respecting employees as actors in other roles and supporting work-family balance in the form of family-friendly policies and practices, and thereby contributes to the area of employee’s behaviour and improves the teacher’s productivity.

scholarly journals Work-family organizational support as a predictor of work-family conflict, enrichment, and balance: Crossover and spillover effects in dual-income couples

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Alessandro Lo Presti ◽  
Monica Molino ◽  
Federica Emanuel ◽  
Alfonso Landolfi ◽  
Chiara Ghislieri
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Dual Income ◽  
Work Family ◽  
Family Enrichment

Dual-income families are challenged by several issues in terms of conciliation between the working environment, the family context and the management of children. This paper, consistently with spillover and crossover hypotheses, aimed at examining the intermediate role of work-family balance, linking on work-family organizational support, work-to-family enrichment and conflict as predictors, and on family-life satisfaction of dual-income families’ both partners as final outcomes. It was expected that work-family organizational support would be related to lower work-to-family conflict and higher enrichment and, through them, with higher work-family balance; moreover, a positive association between work-family balance and family-life satisfaction of both partners was assumed. 390 double-income heterosexual couples participated in our study; 76.2% of the couples were parents. Structural equation modelling results showed that work-family balance was negatively predicted by work-to-family conflict and positively predicted by work-to-family enrichment. Furthermore, work-family organizational support positively predicted work-to-family enrichment, which also mediated its effect on work-family balance. Crossover and spillover effects were also confirmed, given that positive associations between work-family balance and family-life satisfaction of both partners were found. Implications for future research and organizational interventions aimed at both improving work-family balance and promoting greater satisfaction in family life are discussed.

scholarly journals The work–family balance of British working women during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyin Ajibade Adisa ◽  
Opeoluwa Aiyenitaju ◽  
Olatunji David Adekoya
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Role Differentiation ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected women in unique gender-specific ways, particularly their traditional status as home managers. This study aims to draw on the role theory to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women's work–family balance during the lockdown.Design/methodology/approachThe current COVID-19 pandemic, which has altered the ways in which we live and work, requires specific methodological tools to be understood. The authors, therefore, opted for an interpretive–constructivist and constructivist–phenomenologist approach. The dataset, thus, comprises of semi-structured interviews with 26 working women in the UK.FindingsThe findings illustrate how the COVID-19 lockdown has intensified British women's domestic workload and has, thus, caused unbridled role conflict, which has further been exacerbated by structural and interactional roles undertaken by women, especially during the lockdown. Remote working has contributed to women's role congestion and role conflict and poses severe challenges to role differentiation. Furthermore, we found that the lockdown has facilitated the rediscovery of family values and closeness, which is connected to the decline in juvenile delinquency and low crime rate that has resulted from the lockdown.Originality/valueThrough the lens of the role theory, this study concludes that the cohabitation of work and family duties within the domestic space undermines the ability to achieve work–family balance and role differentiation due to the occurrence of inter-role conflicts. This study enriches our understanding of the effect of remote working on female employees' work–family balance during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

scholarly journals Relationship between work-family balance and menopausal symptoms of working women

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (0) ◽  
pp. PO-002-PO-002
Author(s):  
Makiko Tomida ◽  
Yukiko Nishita ◽  
Chikako Tange ◽  
Takeshi Nakagawa ◽  
Rei Otsuka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Working Women ◽  
Menopausal Symptoms ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Work Family
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