scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Egyptian Women Psychological Empowerment and Work-Life Balance

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Maha Ahmed Zaki Dajani ◽  
Bassant Adel Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Egyptian Women ◽  
The Impact

The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Egyptian Women Psychological Empowerment and Work-Life Balance. The study was conducted on (107) Egyptian working women in different sectors and located in the Greater Cairo region. An online survey link was sent directly to these respondents to answer. They were selected using the non-probability judgmental sampling method; the only criterion for inclusion was that these respondents were working women operating in the Egyptian business context. Research hypotheses were tested using correlation and multiple regression analysis. After testing the effect of Egyptian working women’s psychological empowerment dimensions on the perceived work-life balance, it was concluded that competence and self-determination dimensions were the two main psychological empowerment dimensions that positively affected the perceived work life balance. The other three dimensions: meaning, impact, and trust dimensions, had an insignificant effect on the perceived work-life balance. This research will help in designing a practical roadmap showing how to empower women psychologically while preserving their well-being and balancing their work-life duties and responsibilities. In addition to implementing work-life strategies and HR policies that will support working women in Egypt. Most of the studies have tackled the positive benefits of women empowerment and ignored its consequences on women’s emotional and psychological well-being. Besides, few researches have been empirically administered on working women’s psychological empowerment especially in Egypt.

scholarly journals The role of life friendly policies on employees' work-life balance

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Yuile ◽  
Artemis Chang ◽  
Amanda Gudmundsson ◽  
Sukanlaya Sawang
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractAn employee's inability to balance work and non-work related responsibilities has resulted in an increase in stress related illnesses. Historically, research into the relationship between work and non-work has primarily focused on work/family conflict, predominately investigating the impact of this conflict on parents, usually mothers. To date research has not sufficiently examined the management practices that enable all ‘individuals’ to achieve a ‘balance’ between work and life. This study explores the relationship between contemporary life friendly, HR management policies and work/life balance for individuals as well as the effect of managerial support to the policies. Self-report questionnaire data from 1241 men and women is analysed and discussed to enable organizations to consider the use of life friendly policies and thus create a convergence between the well-being of employees and the effectiveness of the organization.

scholarly journals Impact of work-life balance on job satisfaction of women doctors

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anuradha ◽  
Mrinalini Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Women Doctors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

In the competitive era of today, women have to battle hard to establish their individuality in the society, as well as in professional life. Work-life balance is the major problem in the life of working women. The study covers work-life balance of women doctors of private hospitals of Jharkhand. This study helps to understand the impact of work-life balance on job satisfaction. Regression analysis and ANOVA Test have been used to test the relationship between the variables. The study has found that work-life balance has positive impact on job satisfaction

scholarly journals JOB QUALITY AND WELL-BEING IN OECD COUNTRIES

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Xose Picatoste ◽  
Mirela Ionela Aceleanu ◽  
Andreea Claudia Șerban
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Job Strain ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Stressful Situation ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Impact

The lifestyle of world citizens has suffered an unprecedented impact as a result of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19. Economies and worldwide societies expect huge damages comparable to that caused by war. To the effects of this crisis on employment and wages must be added those produced in the workplace, with a foreseeable increase in job strain, not only as of the result of the health security reasons in the workplace but also to the effects on work-life balance, training and promotion possibilities, etc. This research analyses the impact of the economic situation on health, the influence of health on labour strain and on job quality. Using OECD data and a structural equation model, we have investigated the relationship between economy, health, quality of the job, work-life balance and well-being. The importance of security and safeness in the workplace is one of the items for evaluating job strain, particularly when they become even more crucial in pandemic times. This issue implicates not only the real risk of individual and social health but also a stressful situation for workers. The main contribution of our paper relies on establishing and prove causal relations among social and economic variables related to health, well-being and job quality, including safeness at the workplace. Considering that this relationship will probably become reinforced after a pandemic, like COVID-19, the actual relevance of the analysed topic and the achieved results becomes crucial.

scholarly journals The Impact of Faculty Status and Gender on Employee Well-being in Academic Libraries

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quinn Galbraith ◽  
Leanna Fry ◽  
Melissa Garrison
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Faculty Status ◽  
Personal Fulfillment

This study measures job satisfaction, personal fulfillment, work/life balance, and stress levels of male and female librarians. Researchers surveyed 719 librarians at ARL institutions that either offer faculty status and tenure or offer neither. Females at libraries offering faculty status indicated poor work/life balance and high levels of stress compared to male colleagues and female librarians without faculty status; however, their reported job satisfaction was similar. Possible implications of the results are discussed.

Work–Life Balance on Board Cruise Ships: A Survey on Crew Members' Well-being

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
Carolin Lütkenhaus
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Cruise Industry ◽  
Multicultural Environment ◽  
Working And Living Conditions

The cruise industry is a still-growing tourism sector in need for many personnel. However, criticism regarding the working and living conditions on board cruise vessels is a frequently seen topic in the news as well as in research literature. The well-being of the people running the floating hotel resorts is a critical success factor for the industry. Recently, the topic of employee well-being is bonded to concepts of work–life balance. There is rarely any literature on this topic with regard to the cruise industry. This research aims at examining whether the concept of work–life balance is applicable to working and living on board, as well as finding out the extent to which the critically discussed characteristics of this unique environment relate to well-being. To meet the aim of this study an online survey was conducted. It was spread on social networks to reach former and current employees of different cruise lines and was closed with a sample of 212 respondents. The study revealed that all chosen factors, including the ones often criticized, are related to the work–life balance of crew members on board. The only factor that was not a significant predictor of well-being was the multicultural environment employees are living and working in. The overall work–life balance on board was positively rated by the survey's participants.

scholarly journals The role of life friendly policies on employees' work-life balance

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Yuile ◽  
Artemis Chang ◽  
Amanda Gudmundsson ◽  
Sukanlaya Sawang
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractAn employee's inability to balance work and non-work related responsibilities has resulted in an increase in stress related illnesses. Historically, research into the relationship between work and non-work has primarily focused on work/family conflict, predominately investigating the impact of this conflict on parents, usually mothers. To date research has not sufficiently examined the management practices that enable all ‘individuals’ to achieve a ‘balance’ between work and life. This study explores the relationship between contemporary life friendly, HR management policies and work/life balance for individuals as well as the effect of managerial support to the policies. Self-report questionnaire data from 1241 men and women is analysed and discussed to enable organizations to consider the use of life friendly policies and thus create a convergence between the well-being of employees and the effectiveness of the organization.

scholarly journals WORK-LIFE BALANCE STUDY FOCUSED ON WORKING WOMEN

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 134-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalpana Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Working Women ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Balance Study ◽  
Life Balance

The role of working women has changed throughout the world due to economic conditions and social demands. This has resulted in a scenario in which working women have tremendous pressure to develop a career as robust as their male counterparts while sustaining active engagement in personal life. The ever-increasing work pressure is taking a ring on the working women leaving them with less time for themselves. The increasing responsibilities on the personal front with the technological blessings like advanced mobile phones, notepads, etc. that keeps work life integrated with personal life also creates stress on personal and professional fronts in this knowledge age. This affects the person’s physical, emotional and social well-being. Thus, achieving work life balance is a necessity for working women to have a good quality of life. This paper is an attempt to explore the tough challenges faced by working women in maintaining a balance between their personal and professional life. The various factors affecting the work-life balance of married working women have been examined in this study. The tool used for the study is the manual on work–life balance of The Industrial Society. Data were subjected to descriptive statistics and it was found that the problems faced by the working women of Pune Maharashtra state in terms of work-life balance are quite high. The results also indicate that the work-life balance of individuals affect their quality of life.

scholarly journals The role of sports and well-being programmes in choosing workplaces in the future

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-286
Author(s):  
Renátó Balogh ◽  
Éva Bácsné Bába
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Career Opportunities

AbstractDue to recent changes in the labour market, recruitment and retaining employees have become more important than ever. Research dealing with the appearance of new generations in the labour market has found that they are less loyal to their employers, have high demands, and the key factors that they consider when choosing a job are salary, career opportunities, working environment, and work-life balance. As numerous studies in recent years have proved the importance of a healthy lifestyle in the context of labour, the question has arisen whether opportunities for sport participation and services supporting the well-being of employees have an influence on young people when they are seeking employment. We carried out an online survey to find out what students of the University of Debrecen think about the issue. The results were in line with the findings of previous studies, that is, young people look for high salaries, good working conditions, work-life balance and career opportunities when choosing a job. However, respondents did not identify sports opportunities and well-being benefits as major factors Yet, we found significant differences between different groups in terms of preference of particular factors, depending on sex, marital status, and whether someone does physical exercises regularly, and whether someone works while attending a university course or not.

Work-Life Balance Initiatives and Employees Retention: Experiences from Insurance Companies in India

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhir Chandra Das ◽  
Shivani Khushwah
Keyword(s):  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Wald Test ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Work Life Balance ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
General Insurance ◽  
The Impact

The paper is focused to assess the existing work-life balance initiatives taken by life and general insurance companies and to study the influence of work-life balance practices on employees retention. The survey has been carried out in life and general insurance companies in Kolkata, India with 16 statements of work-life balance (WLB) practices among 300 employees of managerial and supervisory cadre. Mean, Standard deviation, and Mann-Whitney U-Test have been performed in order to know the variation in WLB practices between life and general insurance companies and Ordinal Regression Analysis (PLUM) is applied to measure the impact of work-life initiatives on employees retention. The study found that the mean satisfaction/agreement score of life insurance employees is greater than general insurance employees for the eleven variables. The Mann Whitney U-test indicates that the response of life insurance employees varies from general insurance employees for nature of work, work overload, and training & development. The Pseudo R2 values (e.g. Nagelkerke = 50.8%; Cox and Snell= 42.8% and McFadden = 30.2%) show that 16variables of WLB initiatives explain a relatively higher proportion of the variation in employees retention. Further, the Wald test of significance traced five variables which are found to be statistically significant at 5% level. The outcome of OD is employee engagement perspectives arise based on the notion that work–life initiatives reduce stress, and increase personal and team resilience. This enables employees to cope with growing pressures from fast-paced environmental change in ways that are sustainable for their well-being and enhance the organisations performance.

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