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

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  • Yuile, Colleen
  • Chang, Artemis
  • Gudmundsson, Amanda
  • Sawang, Sukanlaya

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An 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.

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  • Yuile, Colleen & Chang, Artemis & Gudmundsson, Amanda & Sawang, Sukanlaya, 2012. "The role of life friendly policies on employees' work-life balance," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 18(1), pages 53-63, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jomorg:v:18:y:2012:i:01:p:53-63_00
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    3. Bader Obeidat & Areej Al-Khateeb & Abdallah Abu Abdallah & Ra’ed Masa’deh, 2019. "Reviewing the mediating role of work/life balance and motivational drivers of employee engagement on the relationship between talent management and organization performance," Journal of Social Sciences (COES&RJ-JSS), , vol. 8(2), pages 306-326, April.
    4. Aricia Pfungwa Mawoyo & Gwendoline Vusumuzi Nani, 2023. "The Evaluation of Work Life Balance Strategies on the Performance of Female Entrepreneurial Businesses in Harare, Zimbabwe," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 15(2), pages 33-43.

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