Assessing the Impact of Mobile Technologies on Work-Life Balance

2009 ◽  
pp. 63-69
Author(s):  
Sharon Cox
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
The Impact

Mobile technologies such as laptops and mobile phones enable work to be conducted remotely, away from the normal working environment. Removing the geographical boundaries between work life and home life poses new challenges within the context of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This article proposes a multidimensional model for assessing the impact of mobile technologies on work-life balance considering social, organizational, legal, technological, and ethical issues to inform the development of human resource strategies.

Assessing the Impact of Mobile Technologies on Work-Life Balance

2011 ◽  
pp. 732-740
Author(s):  
Sharon Cox
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
The Impact

Mobile technologies such as laptops and mobile phones enable work to be conducted remotely, away from the normal working environment. Removing the geographical boundaries between work life and home life poses new challenges within the context of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. This article proposes a multidimensional model for assessing the impact of mobile technologies on work-life balance considering social, organizational, legal, technological, and ethical issues to inform the development of human resource strategies.

scholarly journals Influence of Work Life Balance (WLB) on Organisational Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4S3) ◽  
pp. 380-382
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Organisational Performance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Chennai City ◽  
The Impact

This empirical study was aimed to explore the impact of work life balance factors on perception towards organisational performance of IT/ITES employees residing in Chennai city. This study was adopted empirical and exploratory research design to gather primary information and perception of IT/ITES employees with the help of structured questionnaire and survey method. The total sample of two hundred was finalized for the present study by adopting non-probability convenience sampling technique. The empirical evidences prove that family support, working environment, organisational climate and organisational commitment have significant and positive influence on perception towards organisational performance of IT/ITES Employees.

scholarly journals Managing Stress through Work-Life Balance: A Study on Jinan Lebanon University Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Mazen Fawaz Massoud ◽  
Dr. Joumana Younis ◽  
Professor Nabila Abbas Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Role Conflict ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
University Staff ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Managing Stress ◽  
The Impact

This study focuses on the stress problems related to role conflict and ambiguity. It will emphasize the creation of a work-life balance strategy as a solution to decrease this stress. The work-life balance is a desirable concept for education institutes because relaxed employees are more motivated and productive. This study will aim to study the impact of stress on Al Jinan staff’ through a questionnaire with 120 employees. This study embraces four independent variables related to stress factors and work-life balance as the dependent variable. This study has verified the positive impact of the working environment and suggested adequate recommendations.

Tribal women’s work-life balance: an dentity-based approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Koel Nath ◽  
Rohit Dwivedi
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to examine the work-life balance (WLB) experiences of tribal working women belonging to the matrilineal Khasi and Jaintia communities of Meghalaya, India, using an identity-based approach. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews conducted with 18 tribal women working in the formal sector helped generate descriptions of the subjective subliminal tensions they experienced in their efforts to balance work and home life. Findings Six key themes emerged: webs of role-based responsibilities; reframing family around work; revising self-identity through work; challenges and coping tactics; traditional community influences on management of work and home life; and enacting womanhood as problem-solving. Research limitations/implications This study contributes to the literature on women and WLB in that it expands the theoretical understanding of the impact of identity work on women’s WLB. Practical implications A healthy WLB is crucial for enhanced intrinsic motivation and consequently women’s psychological empowerment and career satisfaction. This has important social and practical implications for enriching tribal women’s quality of life in India and facilitating their contribution towards the betterment of their communities and the economy at large. To this end, policymakers should launch awareness campaigns pertaining to tribal women’s WLB, to aid organizations in rolling-out contextually relevant work-life management programmes for these women. Originality/value This study extends an identity-based approach as a general theory of the self to examine matrilineal tribal women's WLB construction as a distinct form of “doing” and “being”.

scholarly journals In employees’ favour or not?—The impact of virtual office platform on the work-life balances

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0260220
Author(s):  
Dharshana Rathnaweera ◽  
Ruwan Jayathilaka
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Virtual Office ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
The Impact

Social mobility and physical restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed a severe challenge to operate under conventional nine to five work practices in a physical office setting. As a coping strategy for the survival of business, economy, and livelihoods, certain organisations were compelled to transform to virtual office platforms. This was a sudden transformation of work practices and consequently, impacting with mixed outcomes on lifestyles of workers. Given that very limited studies have shed light into the context, this study contributes immensely to fill research gap. The main objective of this study is to identify the impact of the virtual office platform on work-life balance in the Sri Lankan context. The methodology adopted for this study is quantitative. An online questionnaire to collect data was primarily distributed to employees in the virtual platform. Analysis of this study is based on three regression models and results ascertain that both working and non-working environments have highly significant impact on the work-life balance, although non-working environment has a bigger influence on work balance (Gender and no of children). Findings are useful and unique, enabling both employers and employees to adopt a focused approach to maximize the potential of virtual platforms to enhance employee well-being so that mutual benefits can be materialized.

scholarly journals Green Work-Life Balance and Greenwashing the Construct of Work-Life Balance: Myth and Reality

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4556
Author(s):  
Anuradha Iddagoda ◽  
Eglantina Hysa ◽  
Helena Bulińska-Stangrecka ◽  
Otilia Manta
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Green Human Resource Management ◽  
The Impact

Some of the frequently used buzz words in the corporate sector include green leadership, green human resource management, green employee engagement and green work-life balance. The intention of this article is to identify and examine the logical reasons that govern “green work-life balance” or, in simple terms, “greenwashing” work-life balance. The paper also aims at providing a comprehensive conceptualization of work-life balance, while thoroughly examining the components of measuring the construct. Based on a cross-sectional study in the banking industry with a sample of 170 managerial employees, this study analyzes the impact of work-life balance on employee job performance mediated by employee engagement. Results support the assumed relationship between work-life balance and employee job performance embedded in employee engagement. The theoretical contribution of this study concerns the application of role behavior theory to describe the mechanisms shaping the relationship between work-life balance and job performance through employee engagement. The practical implications of the paper include recommendations for improving job performance by enhancing the work-life balance and strengthening employee engagement.

scholarly journals A healthy work–life balance can enhance research

Nature ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 477 (7362) ◽  
pp. 27-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Overbaugh
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Healthy Work

Work-Life Balance in Italy pre-, during and post-COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Olga Rymkevich
Keyword(s):  
Parental Leave ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Organizational Changes ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Legislative Measures

The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing immense pressure to bear on labour law and social security institutions in all countries of the world, while having a major impact on work-life balance. The total lockdown, also of schools and higher education, the unprecedented fall in the level of production, the reduced possibility of relying on other family members, friends and domestic workers, traditionally constituting the essential pillars of formal and informal caring, in addition to working from home with children doing their schooling online (in large part on the parents’ shoulders) have compelled families to face new and abrupt organizational changes. The aim of this article is to investigate the legislative measures such as parental leave (ordinary and emergency) adopted in Italy aimed at supporting families during the pandemic, with a view to assessing their effectiveness and the impact on the Italian labour market during and after the pandemic. For this purpose, the socio-economic and legal framework dealing with parental leave before the COVID-19 emergency will be outlined, followed an the analysis of the emergency measures to provide support for parents, concluding with some reflections on possible future developments.

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