Leading in the New Normal

2021 ◽  
pp. 116-146
Author(s):  
Kerri E. Zappala-Piemme ◽  
Maureen E. Squires
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Women Educational Leaders

This chapter focuses on the experiences of women who were P-20 educational leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via electronic surveys from 20 respondents. Survey questions included information about demographics, professional duties, and personal responsibilities. This chapter includes a discussion of the authors' positionality, analyzes findings (situated in relevant literature), and presents implications for practice and further study. General findings indicate that the personal and professional lives of women educational leaders were significantly affected by the pandemic, with increased demands and limited support in both areas. Related implications include practices that support a healthy work-life balance and address the expectations affecting women educational leaders.

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

Preventing Burnout

2015 ◽  
pp. 50-62
Author(s):  
Irene H. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Chronic Illnesses ◽  
Stressful Events ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Occupational Success ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Number Of Publications

The essential administrator in higher education must maintain a healthy work-life balance. The process of attempting to balance the demands and expectations of career, personal life, interpersonal relationships, partnerships, and family has been explored extensively over the last decade. Achieving a sense of work-life balance is both physically and psychologically necessary to promote life satisfaction, wellness, and occupational success. Many challenges and responsibilities confront administrators daily, some of which they have little or no control over and are commonly labeled as stressors. A large number of publications and media address the topics of stress and burnout-related health issues which may lead to chronic illnesses. This chapter explores stress and strategies to help individuals in administrative careers cope with the day-to-day stressful events and/or situations in their personal or work-life. The information included will dispel the idea, take two aspirins and call the doctor in the morning!

scholarly journals Work-Life Balance in Great Companies and Pending Issues for Engaging New Generations at Work

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 5122 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Isabel Sánchez-Hernández ◽  
Óscar Rodrigo González-López ◽  
María Buenadicha-Mateos ◽  
Juan Luis Tato-Jiménez
Keyword(s):  
Labor Relations ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
On Line ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Low Levels

The changing nature of employment and work causes new demands in society, such as work-life balance, that has emerged in labor relations as an important aspect of a healthy work environment. In this context, Best Companies to Work for are a reference in caring for their staff, and it is well known that new generations—that frequently use the Internet to be informed—are making their decisions as job seekers by checking and comparing corporate websites. In order to learn from the best companies, but also to discover what could be improved by identifying the gaps, this study observes the current work-life balance practices in the last Best Companies to Work for awarded by Fortune. The main contribution of this work is the development of a weighted index for benchmarking purposes considering the preferences of new generations at work. The study demonstrates that the best companies still report low levels of work-life balance information. The main implication drawn from the study, due the requirements of new generations at work and the rapidly emerging field of e-recruiting, is the need for human resource departments to fit work and personal life in a fluid way, while maintaining a healthy balance. It is also recommended for companies to improve their disclosure of work-life practices on line for attracting talent from Millennials and Generation Z.

We’re All in This Together

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Krauter
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Meaning ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Professional Lives ◽  
Survivorship Care ◽  
Life Balance

This chapter highlights and endorses a focus on continued progress in the area of integrative cancer care that assists the needs of the patients and also includes attention to the well-being of clinicians in cancer survivor care. Introducing a simple, relational structure that allows for both patients and clinicians to create a healing connection is one workable solution to the issues of quality survivorship care that can provide meaning and satisfaction to all concerned. The chapter provides evidence-based material on the vital importance of providing clinicians with meaningful support in their professional lives. It addresses their work–life balance and the importance of restoring their sense of personal meaning and quality of life to prevent burnout.

Work-family balance of female parliamentarians in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ummu Markwei ◽  
Michael Kubi ◽  
Benedicta Quao ◽  
Esther Julia Attiogbe
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Political Careers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Organizational Policies ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Healthy Work ◽  
Female Employees ◽  
Work Family

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the challenges female parliamentarians in Ghana face in their attempt to balance their professions and families. Design/methodology/approach This is a qualitative study which explores the nature of strain female MP’s in Ghana encounter in their struggle to achieve a work-life balance. Findings It is concluded that most female parliamentarians in Ghana go through tough times in trying to juggle career with family life. The study revealed that the MPs adopt strategies such as prioritizing roles, limiting official duties at home and using social support to help them cope with the pressures of their roles. The organizational policies put in place to aid female employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance did not yield much result for the participants in this study. Originality/value The originality of this paper lies in it being the first study that qualitatively explores the complex challenges female parliamentarians face in their political careers and family lives in Ghana.

scholarly journals The Influence of Work-Life Balance with Work Motivation as Mediating Factor on Job Satisfaction A Prediction toward Transition to New Normal Situation

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Inayah Alfatihah ◽  
Antonius Soelistyo Nugroho ◽  
Elmarian Haessel ◽  
Anita Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Work Motivation ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Analysis Technique

This study aimed to examine the effect of work-life balance and work motivation on job satisfaction. The literature review used to discuss the dynamics between variables is work-life balance, motivation and job satisfaction. The approach to this research is quantitative, and the number of respondents involved in this study was 212 people who filled out the survey through an online survey. We collect data during new normal situations. The data analysis technique in this study refers to the structural equation model. The results obtained show that all hypotheses are proven. In other words, this study has shown that work-life balance affects job satisfaction, then work motivation affects job satisfaction, and work-life balance can mediate work motivation on job satisfaction.

Spreading Work and Supporting Incomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-148
Author(s):  
Cynthia Estlund
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Human Labor ◽  
Healthy Work

Chapter 7 focuses chiefly on the project of work spreading—that is, shifting work from those with too much of it toward those with too little of it. The overall aim is to spread the benefits of both work and free time through a more equitable and healthy work-life balance across the society. Some work spreading can be accomplished by supporting workers’ own choices to work less; other work-spreading techniques will be more challenging and controversial, like those that take aim at the long-hours culture of many high-end workplaces. Work spreading needs to be coupled with income-support measures, which are briefly addressed here. But work spreading is the linchpin of mitigating the losses (in work and income) and spreading the gains (in free time) of a future in which machines gradually supplant human labor in a growing range of tasks.

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