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Recession and Work-Life Balance Initiatives

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  • Pranav Naithani

    (Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences, Oman)

Abstract

Over the last six decades work-life balance has emerged as an important human resource management aspect for employers. Globally, a wide gamut of work-life balance facilities is being provided by a large number of organisations. Recent economic downturn has witnessed a sudden interruption in the spread and growth of work-life balance facilities at organisational level. This paper presents the key recessionary reasons which have negatively influenced employee work-life balance. Further, important recession specific benefits which organisations can avail due to enhanced employee work-life balance have been presented followed by suggestions for adapting work-life balance facilities under current economic downturn as well as in any such situation in the future.

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  • Pranav Naithani, 2010. "Recession and Work-Life Balance Initiatives," Romanian Economic Journal, Department of International Business and Economics from the Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, vol. 13(37), pages 55-68, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:rej:journl:v:13:y:2010:i:37:p:55-68
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    Cited by:

    1. Jose Maria Fernandez-Crehuet & J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal & Luisa Eugenia Reyes Recio, 2016. "The National Work–Life Balance Index©: The European Case," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 128(1), pages 341-359, August.
    2. Naithani, Pranav, 2016. "Impact of health and recreation on work-life balance: A case study of expatriates," MPRA Paper 76277, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Soumi Majumder & Debasish Biswas, 2022. "COVID-19: impact on quality of work life in real estate sector," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(2), pages 413-427, April.

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    Keywords

    Work-life balance; recession; work-life balance benefits; employee benefits; employee engagement;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics

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