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Chapter 2 - Why is Work-Life Balance Important?

from Part I - Making the Case for Work-Life Balance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2023

M. Joseph Sirgy  and
Dong-Jin Lee
M. Joseph Sirgy
Affiliation:
Virginia Tech
Dong-Jin Lee
Affiliation:
Yonsei University
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Summary

We make the case in this chapter that work-life balance is an important topic because research has shown that work-life balance influences a host of organizational outcomes (e.g., organizational identification, loyalty, and commitment; turnover, job performance, employee morale, and organizational citizenship) and personal outcomes (employee stress, employee burnout, employee wellbeing, satisfaction with life overall, personal happiness, eudaimonia, satisfaction with family life, satisfaction with social life, satisfaction with leisure life, satisfaction with spiritual life, satisfaction with financial life, etc.).

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organizational commitmentjob performanceemployee moraleemployee stressemployee wellbeingsatisfaction with life overallpersonal happinesseudaimoniasatisfaction with family lifesatisfaction with leisure life
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Work-Life Balance
HR Training for Employee Personal Interventions
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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