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Work-life balance during the COVID-19 outbreak: the case of Latvia
2020
This paper aims to shed light on work-life balance in Latvia during the state of emergency The COVID-19 outbreak has led many governments to introduce lockdowns While imposed restrictions may help to contain the spread of the virus, they may also result in substantial damage to population well-being The COVID-19 outbreak in Latvia demonstrates the extent and ways in which socio-demographics factors have determined different patterns of behaviour, attitudes, employment changes and harmonised work and life balance The study describes the chronological development of COVID-19 in the country It describes labour migration to and from Latvia before the COVID-19 outbreak It provides geographical f…
In search of a theoretical framework of factors influencing work and life balance
2021
Work and life balance (WLB) has gained noticeable attention amid the pandemic. Even before the outbreak of COVID-19, the increasing pace of life encouraged the investigation of individual and organisational aspects of WLB. Physically and mentally healthy people help society develop and grow. Health issues caused by work and life imbalance lead to dissatisfaction with both work and life, which, in turn, leads to higher stress and stress-related illnesses, for instance, burnout. From the organisational point of view, WLB is a factor in analysing the efficiency of an enterprise. The consequences of a work-life imbalance are intentional or unintentional absence, high employee turnover, low prod…
Wpływ pracy zdalnej w warunkach podwyższonego ryzyka na bezpieczeństwo i higienę pracy nauczycieli akademickich w myśl koncepcji work-life balance
2022
W ostatnim czasie praca zdalna zdominowała zadania pracownicze wielu zawodów. Dużym wyzwaniem była dla pracowników, którzy do tej pory nie mieli z nią żadnej styczności. W świetle raportów i dostępnych doniesień pracownicy w różny sposób radzili sobie z sytuacją i warunkami narzuconymi z góry, a wymuszonymi pandemią COVID-19. Również nauczyciele akademiccy byli zmuszeni do dużych zmian, zwłaszcza w aspekcie warunków pracy dydaktycznej. Niniejszy rozdział przedstawia wpływ pracy zdalnej w czasach pandemicznych na szeroko pojęte bezpieczeństwo i higienę pracy nauczycieli akademickich w myśl zasady work-life-balance. Badania wykonano przy pomocy autorskiego kwestionariusza ankietowego wśród lo…
Like ships passing in the night? Nonstandard work schedules and spousal satisfaction in Finland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
2020
This study examined the associations of work schedules and spousal satisfaction among Finnish (n = 347), Dutch (n = 304) and British (n = 337) parents. In addition to comparing parents with nonstandard schedule with parents in regular day work, the study examined separately the roles played in spousal satisfaction of morning, evening, night and weekend work and other working time-related variables (working hours, changes in and influence over one’s work schedules and spouse’s work schedule). The three-country data were analyzed using structural equation modeling with a multigroup procedure in Mplus. Little evidence for negative associations of work schedules and related factors with spousal…