Work-Family Conflict Changes How You Do Your Job
I’ll bet that if you have a job and also have a family, you probably have experienced work-family conflict. Work and family are both demanding and time-consuming, and there simply aren’t always enough...
View ArticleCaregivers in the Workplace: How to Improve Their Well-Being
Caregivers are people who assume responsibility for helping another person with daily living activities. But many caregivers are also full-time employees. With the increase of caregivers in the...
View ArticleFlow at Work: Recovery Affects Whether Employees will “Be in the Zone”
Experiencing workplace flow is like “being in the zone” and it increases productivity and performance. This study found that feeling recovered impacted the experience of flow during the day,...
View ArticleWhat to Expect When You’re Expecting: Pregnancy In the Workplace
How does she do it all? It can be challenging for women to manage identities as both employees and mothers-to-be. Sometimes stereotypes associated with pregnancy can threaten careers and lead to...
View ArticleHome Sweet Home…At Work?
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: British Journal of Management Article: Location, location, location: Does place of work really matter? Author: T. Redman, E. Snape, C. Ashurst Featured By:...
View ArticlePart Time Workers
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: British Journal of Management (JUN 2009) Article: ‘Full time is a given here’: Part-time versus full-time job quality Authors: McDonald, P., Bradley, L., &...
View ArticleThe Organizational Benefits of Work Life Balance
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Business Horizons Article: Embracing the whole individual: Advantages of a dual-centric perspective of work and life Authors: Bourne, K.A., Wilson, F., Lester,...
View ArticleThe Overwhelming Effect of Job Demands on Spillover
Topic: Stress, Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (JUN 2010) Article: The costs of today’s jobs: Job characteristics and organizational supports as antecedents of negative...
View ArticleWhen Helping Hurts: The Dark Side of Organizational Citizenship Behaviors
Topic: Citizenship Behavior, Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (AUG 2010) Article: Citizenship under pressure: What’s a good soldier to do? Author: M. C. Bolino, W. H....
View ArticleGo Ahead, Take That Vacation – It’s Good For You…and Your Company!
Topic: Burnout, Wellness, Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (JAN 2011) Article: How long do you benefit from vacation? A closer look at the fade-out of vacation effects...
View ArticleRelax! Weekend Recovery Does a Career Good!
Topic: Work-life Balance, Stress, Recovery, Affect Publication: Journal of Organizational Behavior (NOV 2010) Article: The weekend matters: Relationships between stress recovery and affective...
View ArticleWork-Life Spillover has a Positive Side?
Topic: Conflict, Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (SEP 2010) Article: Meta-Analytic Review of the Consequences Associated with Work-Family Enrichment...
View ArticleSupervisor support can tip work/family balance into equilibrium
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (online pre-publication) Article: A comparison of types of social support for lower-skill workers: Evidence for the importance of...
View ArticleA Bad Boss Can Ruin Your Marriage
Topic: Conflict, Stress, Work-Life Balance, Workplace Deviance Publication: Personnel Psychology Article: The Fallout from Abusive Supervision: An Examination of Subordinates and Their Partners...
View ArticleParents More Likely to Get By With a Little Help from…
Topic: Strategic HR, Work-Life Balance Publication: Research and Practice in Human Resource Management Article: The Influence of Support at Work and Home on Work Family Conflict: Does Gender Make a...
View ArticleWhich Way at the Intersection of Work and Home?
Topic: Strategic HR, Work-Life Balance Publication: Research and Practice in Human Resource Management Article:Satisfaction and Perceived Productivity when Professionals Work From Home. Blogger: Sarah...
View ArticleRest, Relax and Be Merry…At Work!
Topic: Stress, Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology Article: Staying vigorous until work is over: The role of trait vigor, day-specific work experiences...
View ArticleWork and Family Dinner Conflict: A New but Important Flavor
Topic: Work-life Balance Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior Article: Workplace factors associated with family dinner behaviors. Blogger: Benjamin Granger It’s well-known that employees’ family...
View ArticleWork-Family Conflict: White vs Blue Collar
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Journal of Organizational and Occupational Psychology Article: The roles of context and everyday experience in understanding work-non work relationships: A...
View ArticleJust Having Work-Life Policies in Place Does Not Mean They are Working
Topic: Work-Life Balance Publication: Human Resource Management Article: Work-life policy implementation: Breaking down or creating barriers to inclusiveness? Blogger: Rob Stilson Many companies now...
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