A longitudinal analysis of work-life balance perspectives of future business professionals

Stefan Linnhoff, Katherine Taken Smith and L. Murphy Smith

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2015, vol. 8, issue 5, 601-631

Abstract: People face the difficulty of how to allocate their limited time between work and non-work activities; this is the age-old problem of work-life balance. Facilitating work-life balance for its employees is a vital aspect of best practices in business management, which will engender higher levels of employee job performance and ethical behaviour. This study compares findings of prior research with results of a current survey of work-life balance perspectives of future business professionals. A key finding is that work-life balance is still of high importance. In addition, some interesting gender-related changes were observed. Comparing the results for 2013 and 2008, findings show that regarding WLB-related issues that were of more concern to females than males in the past are now essentially of shared interest for both sexes.

Keywords: work-life balance; productivity; human resources; ethics; business professionals; job performance; ethical behaviour; gender. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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