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dc.contributor.authorBrough, Paula
dc.contributor.authorO'Driscoll, Michael P
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:09:55Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:09:55Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-12-10T06:52:39Z
dc.identifier.issn0267-8373
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02678373.2010.506808
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35343
dc.description.abstractThe effective management of work and non-work demands can have a significant effect on workers' health and performance. The last decade especially has seen an explosion of work-life balance research, resulting in substantial theoretical and practical advances. However, the published literature on organizational interventions to improve work-life balance is extremely sparse. In this paper, we provide some prominent examples of empirical research concerning work-life balance organizational interventions and note that these fall into three main groups: initiatives addressing working time and/or working hours, collaborative action research focused on improving workplace equity and performance levels, and initiatives to embed worklife balance within organizational cultures. We also comment on some common difficulties faced by researchers in evaluating interventions. The specific examples presented here illustrate challenges to research on the effectiveness of work-life balance interventions. We encourage researchers to reconsider the use of merely descriptive rather than more rigorous research designs and to investigate the long-term effectiveness of organizational strategies to enhance work-life balance.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom280
dc.relation.ispartofpageto297
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalWork & Stress
dc.relation.ispartofvolume24
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchIndustrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520104
dc.titleOrganizational interventions for balancing work and home demands: An overview
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorBrough, Paula


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