scholarly journals Demarcation Of Work- Life : An Edge To Live

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pushyamitra Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Fair Division ◽  
Work Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Reducing Stress

The purpose of this paper was to examine the close association persists between work-life, as both are interconnected and interdependent to each other. There is needed to be an effort from each individual for maintaining a fair division between both of them. The difference between a life well lived and one merely lived is just a word passion. No matter what it is directed towards be it related to money, work-centric or relates to something else, so long as you remain in reasonable control of it. The growing number of responsibilities of family, work, and society can make many a head spin. We need to be able to manage our expectations. Due to competing for demand for both roles, employees are not able to fulfill the responsibility of their work as well as that of home properly. Through literature review, this study is an attempt to explore various emerging solutions which helps in reducing stress to a large extent. Excessive, unbridled stress can be dangerous, and rather than imparting vision, could blind you to reality. It is visualized that lacking in work-life balance affects innovation, problem- solving, productivity and motivation. Right balance contributes to morale, motivation, commitment and impetus of passion, this way there is probably no need for anyone to give up one for the other. The more control you have over your stresses and anxieties, the better off you will be in the long run.

WORK–LIFE BALANCE IN THE CURRENT JAPANESE CONTEXT

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Akizumi Tsutsumi
Keyword(s):  
Working Hours ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Medical Specialties ◽  
Long Working Hours ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Overtime Work ◽  
Work Style

Background: Work style reform in Japan is under way in response to a predicted shortfall in the workforce owing to the country’s low birth rate and high longevity, health problems due to excessive working hours, and the need for diversification of employment. A legal limit for physicians’ overtime work will be introduced in 2024. Objectives: This study examines the work–life balance among Japan’s doctors in the context of ongoing work style reform. Methodology: The study applied included selective reviews of demographic shifts, legislation against long working hours, and trends in doctors’ participation in the labor force. Results: Japan’s doctors work long hours, which creates a conflict between their working and private lives. The proportion of female doctors in Japan is the lowest among the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Employment trends among women doctors by age group show an M-curve: many quit their jobs upon marriage or childbirth. Gender role stereotyping has led male Japanese doctors to devote themselves entirely to their professions and working excessively long hours: they leave all family work to their female partners. This stereotyping obliges female doctors to undertake household chores in addition to their career tasks, which makes it difficult for them to re-enter their careers. Because of the harsh working conditions (including long working hours), there has been a decline in newly graduated doctors in some medical specialties. Conclusions: For sustainable, effective health care in Japan, it is necessary to improve the work conditions for Japan’s doctors towards achieving work–life harmony.

scholarly journals A Study on Work Life Balance of it Enabled Bpo Workers in Bangalore City (Karnataka)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.6) ◽  
pp. 134
Author(s):  
S M. Chockalingam ◽  
P Sudarshan
Keyword(s):  
Family Life ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Work Life ◽  
The Other ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Bangalore City ◽  
Day By Day ◽  
Growing Population

Human beings in this earth have to work for inevitable reasons. For the purpose of employment people even migrate to their nearest cities or even they may relocate themselves too far off places, due to swiftly growing population across the country and also numbers of people getting qualified degrees have increased a lot. On the other hand scope for employment is considerably reducing day by day. This has made job markets completely employee driven. When job markets become employee driven, by all means employees will extract much work from employees. This will make them spend more and more time at the workplace and less time with their families. The result of this will lead to imbalance between work and family life. This study tries to cover many insights on work life balance especially covering major BPO employees working at Bangalore.  

scholarly journals Betting, Selection, and Luck: A Long-Run Analysis of Repeated Betting Markets

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Bottazzi ◽  
Daniele Giachini
Keyword(s):  
Relative Risk ◽  
The Other ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Quantal Response ◽  
Two Agents ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Binary Event ◽  
Betting Market ◽  
Betting Markets ◽  
The Difference

We consider a repeated betting market populated by two agents who wage on a binary event according to generic betting strategies. We derive new simple criteria, based on the difference of relative entropies, to establish the relative wealth of the two agents in the long-run. Little information about agents’ behavior is needed to apply the criteria: it is sufficient to know the odds traders believe fair and how much they would bet when the odds are equal to the ones the other agent believes fair. Using our criteria, we show that for a large class of betting strategies, it is generically possible that the ultimate winner is only decided by luck. As an example, we apply our conditions to the case of Constant Relative Risk Averse (CRRA) and quantal response betting.

The mediating effect of work–life balance on the relationship between work–family conflict and life satisfaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arzu Taşdelen-Karçkay ◽  
Orkide Bakalım
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Work Conflict ◽  
Work Family

The first purpose of this study was to develop a scale of work–life balance for Turkish working women and men. The second purpose was to investigate the mediating effect of work–life balance between work–family conflict, family–work conflict, and life satisfaction. In Study 1 ( N = 274), a work–life balance scale was developed and initial validity evidence was presented. In Study 2 ( N = 356), confirmatory factor analyses supported the scale’s unidimensionality. Cronbach’s alpha and the composite reliability for internal consistency were .92. All studies indicated that the Work–Life Balance Scale was valid and reliable for a Turkish employee sample. Structural equation modeling supported indirect effects of work–family conflict and family–work conflict on life satisfaction via work–life balance. Multi-group analysis showed that the structural paths of the full model did not differ by gender.

scholarly journals The Culture of Difference from an Islamic Perspective: Mechanisms and Morals

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Positive Culture ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Islamic Perspective ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Negative Difference ◽  
Hostile Attitude

The present article discusses the concept of difference as a natural phenomenon and civilizational necessity. It is confirmed that the difference between people’s minds and interests is inevitable and leads to variety and integration. Light is shed on the employment of difference as a positive culture to reach integration between people’s opinions, acceptance of the Other and participation in community building. In contrast, there are negative types of difference, which reject and take a hostile attitude to the Other, pushing for bigotry and arrogance based on prioritizing personal desires over the truth. A number of mechanisms and means are suggested from an Islamic perspective to help in promoting positive difference and reducing negative difference. The literature review provides true stories of pious and wise people who managed to build bridges on their differences with their good manners

scholarly journals A Review of Work Life Balance Theories

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-35
Author(s):  
Dr. Zainab Bello ◽  
Dr. Garba Ibrahim Tanko
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Family Work ◽  
General Quality ◽  
Management Work

In the studies of various disciplines, theories are the bedrock that holds the frameworks. Some studies variables or framework are derived and underpinned by theories that have given credibility to the outcome of these studies. In the discipline of human resource management, work life balance (WLB) is an aspect that involves employees who are the key assets of any establishments. This is because general quality of employee's life in its relation to their working life is of utmost importance in the achievement of organizational goals (Guest, 2002). Keywords: Work-life Balance; WLB Concepts; Review; Work-Life Balance Theories; Family-work

A Perspective on Work-Life Balance and Its Determinants

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Sonali Bhattacharya ◽  
Netra Neelam ◽  
K. Rajagopal
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Family Work ◽  
Familial Support ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Order Construct

With a changing demography and social structure, the work life balance (WLB) is a major concern felt by employees of most organizations. This study has attempted to have relook at the constructs of work-life balance from the perspectives of banking and information technology employees with various household structures. The present study develops a multidimensional work-life balance scale to measure existing levels of work-life balance. The scale considers work-life balance as a multidimensional second order construct comprising workplace inclusion, family support, employee benefit, time management, coworker relationship, and supervisor-subordinate relationship. The study reveals not only indicators of organizational family work culture, but also personal characteristics such as time management and familial support determine work-life balance. However, no significant difference was perceived in the work life balance was found between employees with different family structures and between the two sectors considered under the study. Also, there was no significant difference in perception of work life- balance between knowledge workers from IT and banking sectors.

Can you tell me more about your postdoctoral experience? A personal narrative review of the postdoctoral position in the social sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anta Niang ◽  
Emmanuelle Khoury ◽  
Natacha Brunelle ◽  
Martin Goyette
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Personal Narrative ◽  
Personal Narratives ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Social ◽  
Postdoctoral Researchers

Purpose This paper is the result of a collaboration and sharing of experiences of two postdoctoral researchers. The purpose of this paper is to put these experiences into perspective by cross-referencing our respective personal narratives with an analysis of the existing literature on the postdoctoral experience in the social sciences. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a non-exhaustive systematic literature review using the database PsycInfo and the multidisciplinary Web of Science Catalogue database to find relevant articles published from 2000 to today. Of the 946 articles identified from the database, only 12 were included in the literature review. The authors also included four articles identified from other sources, such as Google Scholar. Secondly, the authors used a method inspired by reflexive personal narrative writing, which allowed us to share our postdoctoral experience and examine how it compares or complements the existing literature on postdoctoral experience in the social sciences. Findings The literature highlights three significant criteria that play a major role in the postdoctoral experience across disciplines: professional identity, work–life balance and relationship with supervisor. While the majority of the current literature seems to highlight the importance of career prospects in the daily lives of postdoctoral researchers, the other two aspects seem to be somewhat less explored. However, personal factors as well as the relationship with the supervisor appear to be of major importance in the search for work–life balance, feelings of competency and overall satisfaction among postdoctoral researchers. Research limitations/implications At the theoretical level, this paper allows a better understanding of the experiences of postdoctoral students in the social sciences, which seem to be less documented than those in scientific fields (e.g., Science, technology, engineering and mathematics postdoctoral fellow). Practical implications On a practical level, it constitutes a tool for reflection for postdoctoral researchers in the social sciences as well as for academic actors working to support and develop the well-being of these researchers (e.g. teachers, supervisors, administrators), all with the aim of optimising academic practices. Originality/value These results are discussed with respect to the specificity that our subjective personal narratives can offer to understand postdoctoral experiences, particularly in the social sciences, and thus offer reflections on ways to attend to individual psychosocial and relational needs that can foster an improved personal and professional training.

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