 Work-Life Balance Experiences in Nigeria: Institutional and Sociocultural PerspectivesChantal Epie ()
Chapter Chapter 4 in Work-Life Balance in Africa, 2023, pp 61-85 from Springer Abstract: Abstract Today, Lagos is the largest, ever-growing urban agglomeration in Africa, notorious for its traffic jams, inadequate road networks and motorist indiscipline, all of which contribute to the difficulties workers experience in the management of their work/nonwork interface. NigeriaNigeria is a multiethnic country, and Lagos is a very cosmopolitan city. This chapter provides an overview of the cultural characteristics of the main ethnic groups. It examines (1) the pressures put on individuals in a society characterised by a strong extended family systemExtended family system (that makes demands as well as provides support) and long commuting hours that add to the stress of long work hours in most formal-sector organisations with the resulting negative impact on employee productivity; and (2) the effort (or sometimes the lack of effort) made by employers to improve both employee productivity and employee wellbeing through policies designed to facilitate the management of the work-life interfaceWork-life interface. Not surprisingly, the COVID-19COVID-19 pandemic experience helped otherwise-reluctant employers to become more flexible in their approach to work hours and make better use of technology. Date: 2023 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-38008-2_4 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38008-2_4 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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