Understanding the Concept and Practice of Work-Life Balance: A Case of Nigerian Entrepreneurial Women

Loliya Agbani Kagher () and Kaine Chinwah
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Loliya Agbani Kagher: University of Aberdeen
Kaine Chinwah: Imperial College London

Chapter Chapter 9 in Work-Life Balance in Africa, 2023, pp 195-214 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The concept of ‘work-life balance’ continues to have ostensibly unending discussions regarding the certainties and practicability towards achieving balance across work and other life-engaging activities/matters. Although Western interpretations have dominated the discourse regarding work-life balance, it is a widely debated topic even within the global south, including Africa. It captures critical contextual issues that influence the practice of work-life balance. This chapter investigated work-life balance in the Nigerian context, specifically examining the case of entrepreneurial women using selected theoretical lenses to analyse how they practice work-life balance. In total, 15 semistructured interviews were conducted with women in Nigeria who owned businesses. They were determined using a purposive sampling method. The chapter postulated the need to understand the concept and practice of work-life balance of entrepreneurial African women using the Nigerian context. This required collating their stories to know how they integrate, assimilate and prevent separation and marginalisation in a proven patriarchal society. This chapter broadly highlighted practical implications for work-life balance as it explored the concept, benefits and challenges of achieving it within the selected context.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38008-2_9

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