The Key to Work–Life Balance is (Enriched) Job Design? Three-Way Interaction Effects with Formalization and Adaptive Personality Characteristics

Amadeja Lamovšek (), Matej Černe (), Ivan Radević () and Katerina Božič ()
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Amadeja Lamovšek: University of Ljubljana
Matej Černe: University of Ljubljana
Ivan Radević: University of Montenegro
Katerina Božič: University of Ljubljana

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, vol. 18, issue 2, No 2, 647-676

Abstract: Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak has blurred the boundaries between work and personal life, making the concept of work–life balance (WLB) even more important. Based on a three-source (employees, family members, and supervisors) sample (n = 436) of working professionals, we investigated the importance of enriched job design for employee WLB. In addition, on the basis of the job demand-control (JD-C) model, we examined whether organizationally imposed formalization and employees’ individual adaptive personality traits (proactive personality and resilience) act as boundary conditions that strengthen this positive relationship. First, we conducted a supplementary analysis to investigate further which of the enriched job design characteristics play the most important role in our three-way interaction models predicting WLB. Then we discuss implications for theory and practice.

Keywords: Work–life balance (WLB); Enriched job design (enriched JD); Formalization; COVID-19; Personality traits (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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