.../approach Using 30 interviews with young researchers, this article explores how they perceive and evaluate work–life balance (WLB) and what motivates them to pursue careers in academia. Findings The results show that young researchers understand WLB as an individual's ability to break out...

... on work-life balance and the unequal gender distribution of care work during the pandemic, there is little knowledge about what is happening in the post-pandemic period. The four types of care provision conceptualised by Daly (2002) , who highlights the different ways societies organise care...

...Tracey Warren; Lene Hyltoft Purpose The article asks how to lead the world in work–life balance (WLB) societal rankings, identifies the major WLB challenges in contemporary societies and rethinks how we conceptualise and measure WLB. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a case-study...

... at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Flexible work arrangements Work-life balance Capabilities Comparative employment policy Work-family policy Flexible work arrangements (FWAs) (i.e. flexible schedules, teleworking and the voluntary reduction of working hours...

...Kumari Rashmi; Aakanksha Kataria Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a clear view of current dynamics and research diversification of extant literature in the field of work-life balance (WLB). This paper provides a systematic and critical analysis of WLB literature using bibliometric...

.... This paradoxical situation eventually impedes the development of universal childcare aimed at promoting gender equality and a work-life balance. This article offers a model and characteristics of the Korean childcare regime dating back to the Japanese colonial period up until the Moon Jae-In administration...

... in this process – the children of employees. The research gap in the family-friendly workplace paradigm is addressed by comparing the attitudes of children with the employers' practices, before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. Employers HR policy Work-life balance COVID-19 Serbia Nataša...

...Rumiana Stoilova; Petya Ilieva-Trichkova; Franziska Bieri Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how individual and macro-level factors shape the work–life balance of young men and women across European countries. Design/methodology/approach The paper combines macro-level data from...

... (Dannefer, 2018). TL could, for example, promote low-skilled workers’ opportunities to acquire new and/or higher qualifications, in the face of observed trends as the higher predisposition of skilled employees to benefit from established work-life balance and career advantages, such as working time accounts...

... and unpredictability of working hours negatively impact on work‐life conflict beyond the mere amount of working hours. Yet, higher autonomy in choosing one's work time is used very differently: While women tend to use their control over working hours to achieve a better work‐life‐balance, men tend to use...

...Abigail Gregory; Susan Milner; Jan Windebank; Abigail Gregory; Susan Milner; Jan Windebank Purpose The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview of the wider debates concerning the evolution of work‐life balance practice and policy since the onset of the “Great Recession” of 2008...

... and increased life expectancy. Sweden United Kingdom Singapore Hong Kong Working practices Family friendly organizations Social policy Welfare Work‐life balance Confucianism Productivist welfare This paper discusses lessons that have been drawn from the family‐friendly policies developed...